the.com/discretionary
The polite institutional word for whatever the person in charge feels like.
means Left to someone's own judgment rather than fixed by rules, so it can go your way or not.
from From Latin discretio, the act of separating or distinguishing, via discernere, to sift apart; what began as careful judgment quietly became permission to do as one pleases.
Budget lineThe first thing cut when money gets tight.
Legal weightJudges wield it; appeals courts rarely overturn it.
Spending powerEconomists track it as income after necessities.