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Originally Posted by hulk
Well, using it in that sense is incorrect  Your disposable income is what you're able to spend on things other than necessities. If you have an entirely disposable income, then you're making too much money. I'm on near minimum pay and I have disposable income, just not much of it  |
I know what it means and how to use it correctly, I just don't know where this idea came that it was "disposable". I don't remember hearing that term until the 90s.
Prior to that I am sure we just had spending money, pin money or something like that... calling it disposable, seems to a ploy to spend it rather than save it.