disposable income

noun

: income that is left after paying taxes and for things that are essential, such as food and housing

I don't have enough disposable income to buy such luxuries.

Examples of disposable income in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The new vehicle sales outlook in California is expected to fall in the second half of 2025 due to inflation, stagnant household disposable income and higher tariffs putting pressure on vehicle prices, according to the California New Car Dealers Association. —Pat Maio, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025

The outfit itself might sound easy to replicate but requires a nonchalant attitude and high dose of confidence to pull off, not to mention a fair amount of disposable income. —Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2025

If mortgages, auto loans, and credit card rates go down, consumers will have more disposable income to spend. —Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

But its core demographic, young people with disposable income, has gone elsewhere. —Arielle Gordon, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for disposable income

• abomasum
• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• bum
• chum
• come
• crum

Legal Definition

disposable income

noun

dis·​pos·​able income

: income available for disposal: as

a

: the income remaining to an individual after deduction of taxes

b

: the income of a debtor in bankruptcy that is not necessary to support the debtor or the debtor's dependents