discretionary

English

Etymology

discretion +‎ -ary (“pertaining to”). Compare French discrétionnaire.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈskɹɛʃən(ə)ɹi/
(US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkɹɛʃəˌnɛɹi/

Adjective

discretionary (comparative more discretionary, superlative most discretionary)

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

discretionary powers

Derived terms

discretionary spending
nondiscretionary
nondiscretionary spending

Translations

available at one's discretion

Czech: ke zvážení, na zvážení n
Danish: diskretionær
Finnish: harkinnanvarainen, valinnainen (fi)
French: discrétionnaire (fr)
German: auf Ermessen beruhend, nach freiem Ermessen gewährt, Ermessens-, ins freie Ermessen gestellt, frei verfügbar, dem eigenen Gutdünken überlassen

Hungarian: választható (hu)
Icelandic: geðþótta-, (chosen at will) valinn að vild m, (of one's own accord) að eigin ákvörðun (is)
Portuguese: discricionário (pt)
Russian: предоставленный (ru) (predostavlennyj) на (ru) (na) собственное (ru) (sobstvennoje) усмотре́ние (ru) n (usmotrénije)
Spanish: discrecional

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