spendingmoneythat has beensaved:Dissavingresultswhenconsumptionisgreaterthanincomeand isessentiallytheoppositeofsaving.(Definition ofdissavingfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdissaving
dissavingIf spending is greater than income,dissavingis taking place.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This will discouragedissavingat the expected rate.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Providing for retirement is an important reason fordissaving.FromWikipediaThis 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.FromWikipediaThis 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.FromWikipediaThis 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 CorpusThe per capita expenditure of the household may recover after a year or so, but survival is often achieved throughdissavingand sales of hard-earned assets.From theCambridge English CorpusLast year there was a netdissavingin gilt-edged.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It seems to me that the effect of the new taxes added together, must be to cause a certain amount ofdissaving.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0That is not saving for future pension liabilities—it isdissaving—and there is no question but that it would have horrific economic consequences.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/dissaving##
