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Definitions for discretionary
dɪˈskrɛʃ əˌnɛr idis·cre·tiona·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. discretionary, discretionaladjective

    having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment

    "The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds"

  2. discretionaryadjective

    (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed

    "discretionary funds"; "discretionary income"

Wiktionary

  1. discretionaryadjective

    Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.

  2. Etymology: . Compare discrétionnaire.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Discretionaryadjective

    Left at large; unlimited; unrestrained.

    Etymology: from discretion.

    A deacon may have a dispensation for entering into orders before he is twenty three years of age, and it is discretionary in the bishop to admit him to that order at what time he thinks fit. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

    The major being a person of consummate experience, was invested with a discretionary power. Tatler, №. 61.

ChatGPT

  1. discretionary

    Discretionary refers to something that is subject to one's own judgment or decision, not determined by laws or regulations. It gives a person or authority the right or power to decide or act according to their own judgment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Discretionary

    left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. discrtionnaire.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of discretionary in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of discretionary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of discretionary in a Sentence

  1. National Retail Federation:

    Families consider back-to-school and college items an essential category, and they are taking whatever steps they can, including cutting back on discretionary spending, shopping sales and buying store or off-brand items, in order to purchase what they need for the upcoming school year.

  2. Ramona Persaud:

    We've been nibbling at very high quality discretionary companies that are now cheaper because of 'Brexit' and worries about Amazon.

  3. Martine Goeman:

    It's not only the church -- it's also the broader community, the Minister for Migration could solve( the situation) in one day -- by using The Minister for Migration discretionary powers. There is a solution.

  4. William Bratton:

    We're coming out of what was a pretty widespread stoppage of certain types of activity, the discretionary type of activity, by and large.

  5. Adam Smith:

    We do not have $600, $700, $800, $900 billion to spend on defense unless we pretty much completely eliminate all non-defense discretionary spending, which there isn’t support for doing, twenty trillion dollars in debt, a $706 billion deficit, trying to find $50 billion in mandatory savings, and the majority can’t even do that, all right?

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