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

Baby boomers, who often have more disposable income, are stepping in to fund travel for children and grandchildren. —Taylor Haught, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Dec. 2025

To help level the playing field for the next generation, low-income families who don’t have the disposable income to invest should receive more seed funding upfront and additional support over time. —Neale Mahoney, Time, 5 Dec. 2025

At that time, producers and studios were hungry to produce cheap, broad comedies that would appeal to teenagers with disposable income who were eager to spend it at movie theaters. —Phil Stark, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025

For most of us, though, that amount of money is several months' worth of disposable income. —Kim Snaith, Space.com, 27 Nov. 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