Used in a Sentence

spendable

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for spendable.

Editorial note

Unconditional Basic Income means every dollar earned on the job is a dollar (minus x% of taxes) extra spendable income.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Capable of being spent.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spendable gathered in one view.

adjective

Capable of being spent.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spendable.

Example sentences

1

Unconditional Basic Income means every dollar earned on the job is a dollar (minus x% of taxes) extra spendable income.

2

One of the central assumptions in the argument is that the miners need an economic incentive, a (spendable) reward for mining.

3

Your Bitcoins just have two states: Spendable and not spendable.

4

Especially if you understand that endowment does not equal arbitrarily spendable wealth, the vast majority of gifts are earmarked.

5

Regarding needing to keep track of all unspent/spendable outputs, the Bitcoin client has been doing this since the beginning.

6

Banks could issue credit that is spendable in the same way with additional automatic escrow.

7

They'd be spendable or convertable to local currency in almost any locale on the planet.

8

The Chinese are not acquiring USD and treasuries so that they can own spendable assets.

9

Even better, if you add up every spendable unit of USD you'll find that the vast majority of it originates in a bank loan.

10

Basic income will never work in our society if we are giving it out in the form of spendable money.

11

I think Bitcoin needs to be established further as a spendable currency in it's own right.

12

You're also not accounting for income taxes, which dramatically lengthens the time you need to work to earn a marginal $20 in after-tax spendable money.

Quote examples

1

I keep thinking that it is a good idea because where else can being "correct" lead so directly to measurable spendable success.

2

Say you hold an options contract or a bond on some stock exchange - it's "spendable" but doesn't show up on your everyday bank account balance.

3

Let companies have a "groupon" of sorts for restaurants in their area, where the per-diem lunch allowance is spendable at any restaurant within a radius of the office.

4

"Immediate Cash": Money received through PayPal is spendable immediately, both online with PayPal payments, and offline with their free debit card.

Proper noun examples

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Spendable coins are ones that you can go ahead and make a transaction with right now.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use spendable in a sentence?

Unconditional Basic Income means every dollar earned on the job is a dollar (minus x% of taxes) extra spendable income.

What does spendable mean?

Capable of being spent.

What part of speech is spendable?

spendable is commonly used as adjective.