| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.[Websters]
2. In an optional or permissive manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In an elective or facultative manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective discretionary.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (discretionary) | 1. Having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment; "The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds".[Wordnet]. 2. (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed; "discretionary funds"; "discretionary income".[Wordnet]. 3. Being arbitrary, arbitral, tyrannic or tyrannous.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being optional, elective or facultative.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being random or haphazard.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being voluntary or spontaneous.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being unrestricted or unconfined.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Adjective base of the adverb discretionarily.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DISCRETIONARILY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1773. (references) |
Common Expressions: discretionary
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Discretionary access control | Discretionary Access Control (DAC) defines basic access control policies to objects in a filesystem. (references) | ||
| Discretionary jurisdiction | Discretionary jurisdiction is a legal term used to describe a circumstance where a court has the power to decide whether to hear a particular case brought before it. Most courts have no such power, and must entertain any case properly filed, so long as the court has subject matter jurisdiction over the questions of law which must be decided, and in personal jurisdiction over the parties to the case. (references) | ||
| Discretionary review | A form of judicial appellate review, in which the appellate body may decline to hear the appeal. (references) | ||
| Discretionary spending | Discretionary spending refers to spending set on a yearly basis by decision of Congress and is part of fiscal policy. (references) | ||
| Discretionary trust | A trust that gives the trustee discretion to pay the beneficiary as much of the trust income as the trustee believes appropriate. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Specialty Expressions: discretionary
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Closed discretionary | Environment | Areas closed to mineral exploration and development by authority of law or regulation, but where such lands can be opened by action of BLM without legislation, regulation change, Secretarial decision of Executive Order. (references) | |
| Discretionary access controls | Physics | Controls that limit access to information on a system on an individual basis. (references) | |
| Discretionary Account | Business | An arrangement by which the holder of an account gives written power of attorney to someone else, often a Commodity Trading Advisor, to buy and sell without prior approval of the holder; often referred to as a "managed account" or controlled account. (references) | |
| Discretionary activity | Military | In ACTIVITY BASED COSTING, discretionary activities are those that are not absolutely required for the production of a certain output. (references) | |
| Discretionary authority | Forestry | The power to make a decision where the choice of whether to make a decision is that of the decision maker. (references) | |
| Discretionary award | Energy | An award under authority of a Federal statute that permits Reclamation to exercise judgment in selecting the recipient and the project to be supported, and in determining the amount of the award. (references) | |
| Discretionary awards | Women | Are made to States, units of local government, or private organizations at the discretion of the awarding agency. Most discretionary awards are competitive in nature in that there are limited funds available and a large number of potential recipients. (references) | |
| Discretionary grant | Planning | Means a grant made from the various Special Purpose Grants in accordance with subpart E of this part. (references) | |
| Discretionary income | Finance | The portion of disposable income remaining after essential living costs are paid. See disposable income. (references) | |
| Discretionary income | Housing | Money left over after all your expenses are paid. Also called expendable income. (references) | |
| Discretionary spending | Administration | Discretionary spending is what the President and Congress must decide to spend for the next fiscal year through 13 annual appropriations bills. Examples include money for such activities as the FBI and the Coast Guard, housing and education, space exploration and highway construction, and defense and foreign aid. (references) | |
| Discretionary spending | Health | Outlays of funds subject to the Federal appropriations process. (references) | |
| Discretionary spending | Politics | 1: Spending (budget authority and outlays) controlled in annual appropriations acts. (references) | |
| 2: Spending for programs whose funding levels are determined and controlled in annual appropriation acts. See appropriation act; compare with direct spending. (references) | |||
| Discretionary spending caps | Politics | Ceilings imposed in each fiscal year through 2002 on budget authority and outlays for programs whose funding levels are determined and controlled in annual appropriation acts. Established in the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the ceilings were further amended in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to set separate caps on defense and non-defense spending through fiscal year 1999 and on violent crime reduction spending through 2000. (For a list of discretionary programs, see U.S. House of Representatives, Balanced Budget Act of 1997, conference report to accompany H.R. 2015, Report 105-217 (July 30, 1997), p. 1019). See discretionary spending and sequestration. (references) | |
| Discretionary trusts | Law | DISCRETIONARY TRUSTS. Those which cannot be duly administered without the application of a certain degree of prudence and judgment; as when a fund is given to trustees to be distributed in certain charities to be selected by the trustees. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: discretionary | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Discretionary trust | 15 | Discretionary access control | 6 | |
| Discretionary review | 7 | Discretionary deposit | 4 | |
| Discretionary access control | 6 | Discretionary jurisdiction | 3 | |
| Discretionary deposit | 4 | Discretionary policy | 2 | |
| Discretionary jurisdiction | 3 | Discretionary review | 7 | |
| Shareholder's discretionary cash flow | 3 | Discretionary trust | 15 | |
| Discretionary policy | 2 | Shareholder's discretionary cash flow | 3 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
