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budget


Definition: Meaning of, budget in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈbʌdʒɪt /

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budget budgets
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  1. the money that is available to an organization or person, or a plan of how it will be spent
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  2. on a budget if you are on a budget, you do not have much money to spend
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  3. also Budget British English an official statement that a government makes about how much it intends to spend and what taxes will be necessary
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budget budgeted budgeted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
budgeting budgets
[intransitive and transitive]
  1. to carefully plan and control how much money you spend and what you will buy with it
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  2. if you budget something such as time, you decide how much of it you will need
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  1. very low in price - often used in advertisements [=  cheap]
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  2. low-budget/big-budget used for saying how much money has been spent on doing something, especially making a film
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budget used in phrases

  • Office of Management and Budget (noun)
    1. the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget
  • Office of Management and Budget, the
    1. a US government organization that provides help for the President in organizing the work of government departments and especially in preparing the BUDGET (= the official plan for how government money will be used)
  • balanced budget (noun)
    1. a budget is balanced when current expenditures are equal to receipts
  • budget cut (noun)
    1. the act of reducing budgeted expenditures
  • budget deficit (noun)
    1. an excess of expenditures over revenues
  • budget for (verb)
    1. calculate enough money for; provide for in the budget
  • budget items (noun)
    1. e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance tax the expense of maintaining property ; it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
  • fuss-budget (noun)
    1. thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
  • low-budget (adjective)
    1. made on or suited to a limited budget
  • operating budget (noun)
    1. a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements
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