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spending power

spending power noun: the income available to households for spending.

Noun

spending power (uncountable)

  1. The income available to households for spending.
    • Bad loans on bank balance sheets reflect that millions of people have lost jobs, eliminating spending power, while companies have seen sales evaporate.2016, Peter S. Goodman, “Italy Just Handed the Global Economy Another Giant Variable”, in The New York Times

Synonyms of spending power

Questions about spending power

What does spending power mean?
Spending power means the income available to households for spending.
What part of speech is spending power?
Spending power is a noun.

Words near spending power in the dictionary

  1. spending
  2. spending a penny
  3. spending good money after bad
  4. spending money
  5. spending money like water
  6. spending power
  7. spending spree
  8. spending sprees
  9. spending time
  10. spending-money
  11. spendings

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