spendable

English

Etymology

From Middle English spendable; equivalent to spend +β€Ž -able.

Adjective

spendable (comparative more spendable, superlative most spendable)

  1. Capable of being spent.
    Even though there is a lot of money in the treasury, some of it has to be kept for next year, so only part of it is spendable.
    • 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 28, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Singsβ€Ž, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 183:
      He had told me once that β€œall knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.”
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