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discretionary expenditure

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discretionary
adjective
uk /dɪˈskreʃ.ən.ər.i/ us /dɪˈskreʃ.ən.er.i/
able to be decided by a particular person or group, rather than being controlled by rules, or relating to the power to make ...
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expenditure
noun
uk /ɪkˈspen.dɪ.tʃər/ us /ɪkˈspen.də.tʃɚ/
the total amount of money that a government or ...
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It has also dramatically reduced costs and spending—for example, by imposing a moratorium on some discretionaryexpenditure, such as support for the welfare minibus scheme.
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The planned level of discretionaryexpenditure for multilateral organisations in 1997–98 was £58.63 million.
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This must mean fewer subsidies, fewer benefits, and more discretionaryexpenditure with, ultimately, lower taxes.
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Schools in rural areas such as mine are small and have little discretionaryexpenditure.
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The discretionaryexpenditure limits will be adequate, even to judge by the old expenditure.
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Therefore, there will be no need to take that expenditure into account in relation to discretionaryexpenditure.
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The possibility of discretionaryexpenditure by local government has now almost entirely disappeared.
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High interest rates are having a severe and restraining effect on discretionaryexpenditure.
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This is essentially an element of discretionaryexpenditure.
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Secondly, when additional revenue is required, on the whole it is preferable to raise taxes on discretionaryexpenditure such as drinking and smoking.
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They have near their maximum discretionaryexpenditure in relation to later respon-sibilities.
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Discretionaryexpenditure responds to local demand in relation to youth services, social services and highways.
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I do not believe that many families can afford that discretionaryexpenditure, and perhaps that is the underlying cause of the lack of attendance.
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They will be more than adequate, given that much of that expenditure will no longer fall within the discretionaryexpenditure limits.
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The budget for adult and community learning was cut in the 1990s because it was discretionaryexpenditure.
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It is not possible to give separate figures for individual industries; these will depend, among other things, on how consumers adjust their discretionaryexpenditure.
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First, he said that the amendments made no distinction between useful additions to buildings and an addition where "an element of discretionaryexpenditure" arose.
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The distinction between committed and discretionaryexpenditure shows why many of the projects mentioned may be at risk.
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This is a large element of discretionaryexpenditure and it would be wrong to complicate the tax laws to allow for it.
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It does not cover discretionaryexpenditure such as gravestones or flowers.
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