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

Other countries, like Germany and Belgium, saw lower average disposable income of between $34,000 and $38,000. —Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025

Append to this figure the $13 trillion in disposable income that is believed to encompass the disability community and their allies, and a gargantuan market opportunity reveals itself. —Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025

The Budget Lab at Yale University estimated on Thursday that even with the pause, Trump’s current tariff regime would pull down a household’s average disposable income by $4,364. —Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025

Studios love to target disposable income of the young, but their aim often aligns with the executives’ cultural touchpoints rather than those of their audience. —Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 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