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DEPENSES DISCRETIONNAIRES [2 records]

Record 1 1998-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

Items the levels of which area currently controllable by management, as opposed to items bequeathed by previous management or determined by external influence and factors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Public Sector Budgeting
CONT

Prior to 1987, about $4 billion in expenditures and revenues were double-counted annually at the standard object level in government-wide summary information. This represented a significant portion of the total discretionary expenditure of the government.

Key term(s)
  • discretionary expenditure
  • discretionary expenses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
CONT

Avant 1987, des dépenses et des recettes annuelles d'environ 4 milliards de dollars étaient comptabilisées en double au niveau de l'article courant dans les rapports contenant des renseignements récapitulatifs à l'échelle de l'administration fédérale, soit une part importante des dépenses discrétionnaires totales de l'État.

OBS

L'expression «discretionary spending» doit se rendre par un pluriel en français : dépenses discrétionnaires.

Key term(s)
  • dépense discrétionnaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Presupuestación del sector público
Key term(s)
  • gasto discrecional
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