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

In many situations, creditors cannot take more than 25% of your disposable income or the amount by which your weekly income exceeds 30 times the federal minimum wage, whichever is less. —Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 27 May 2026

His patients range from Medicaid recipients to those with lots of disposable income. —Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 26 May 2026

About half of parents – 54% – sign their kids up for music, dance or art lessons, with parents who have more education and disposable income enrolling their kids at even higher rates, according to the Pew Research Center. —Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 24 May 2026

Average net worth is $1,559,964 and the average disposable income is $94,852. —Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

Rhymes for disposable income

• abomasum
• become
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• humdrum
• outcome
• pisum
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• bum
• chum
• come

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