Discretionary Definition

dĭ-skrĕshə-nĕrē
adjective
Left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
An appointee with discretionary powers.
Webster's New World
Administered by a proxy.
A discretionary investment account.
Webster's New World
Available for use as needed or desired.
A discretionary fund.
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Origin of Discretionary

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

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Discretionary Sentence Examples

  • The president of each house has the discretionary power of appointing additional laymen, not exceeding ten in number.

  • Subject to his control the government of India enjoys a certain discretionary Finance.

  • Dividend payments on the preference shares are fully discretionary.

  • I do not know how anyone can make that comment and then go on to say that a wholly discretionary code is better.

  • In the event that a customer owes Portland any monies, any SLA offered by Portland Communications Ltd becomes discretionary.

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DDIDIS

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YRYARY

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