dissaving
noun[U]
ECONOMICS,FINANCEuk/dɪsˈseɪvɪŋ/usspendingmoneythat has beensaved:
Dissavingresultswhenconsumptionisgreaterthanincomeand isessentiallytheoppositeofsaving.
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dissaving
If spending is greater than income,dissavingis taking place.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This will discouragedissavingat the expected rate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Providing for retirement is an important reason fordissaving.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Dissavingwas reported as a typical response to deficits, for households with normal income and expenditure patterns during the depression of the 1930s.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In order to support this future level of consumption post-retirement, the working individuals will have to save currently on a scale higher than thedissavingof the retired households.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.You have more saving in middle age, anddissavingwhen you are old.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The per capita expenditure of the household may recover after a year or so, but survival is often achieved throughdissavingand sales of hard-earned assets.
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Last year there was a netdissavingin gilt-edged.
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It seems to me that the effect of the new taxes added together, must be to cause a certain amount ofdissaving.
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That is not saving for future pension liabilities—it isdissaving—and there is no question but that it would have horrific economic consequences.
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