spendable

English

Etymology

spend +‎ -able

Adjective

spendable (comparative more spendable, superlative most spendable)

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, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 28, p. 183,
  He had told me once that “all knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.”

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