budget

[ buhj-it ]

noun

1. an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
2. a plan of operations based on such an estimate.
3. an itemized allotment of funds, time, etc., for a given period.
4. the total sum of money set aside or needed for a purpose:

   the construction budget.

5. a limited stock or supply of something:

   his budget of goodwill.

6. Obsolete. a small bag; pouch.

adjective

1. reasonably or cheaply priced:

   budget dresses.

verb (used with object)

, budg·et·ed, budg·et·ing.

1. to plan allotment of (funds, time, etc.).
2. to deal with (specific funds) in a budget.

verb (used without object)

, budg·et·ed, budg·et·ing.

1. to subsist on or live within a budget.

Budget

¹

/ ˈbʌdʒɪt /

noun

1. the Budget
   the Budget an estimate of British government expenditures and revenues and the financial plans for the ensuing fiscal year presented annually to the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer

budget

²

/ ˈbʌdʒɪt /

noun

1. an itemized summary of expected income and expenditure of a country, company, etc, over a specified period, usually a financial year
2. an estimate of income and a plan for domestic expenditure of an individual or a family, often over a short period, such as a month or a week
3. a restriction on expenditure (esp in the phrase on a budget )
4. modifier economical; inexpensive

   budget meals for a family

5. the total amount of money allocated for a specific purpose during a specified period
6. archaic.
   a stock, quantity, or supply

verb

1. tr to enter or provide for in a budget
2. to plan the expenditure of (money, time, etc)
3. intr to make a budget

Derived Forms

• ˈbudgetary, adjective

Other Words From

• budg·et·ar·y [buhj, -i-ter-ee], adjective
• budget·er noun
• non·budget·ary adjective
• pre·budget noun adjective
• pre·budget·ary adjective
• pro-budget·ing adjective
• re·budget verb (used with object) rebudgeted rebudgeting
• un·budget·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of budget¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English bowgett, from Middle French, bougette, from bouge “bag” (from Latin bulga; bulge ) + -ette -ette )

Word History and Origins

Origin of budget¹

C15 (meaning: leather pouch, wallet): from Old French bougette , diminutive of bouge , from Latin bulga , of Gaulish origin; compare Old English bælg bag

Example Sentences

Community policing is expensive and, in an era of budget cuts, increasingly rare.

From The Daily Beast

And there are other stories DuVernay could have told and still met her (relatively) modest budget of $20 million.

From The Daily Beast

The airplane was owned by an Indonesian budget carrier, Lion Air.

From The Daily Beast

“Mostly people on a budget use it,” Franz Dobersberger, managing director of a Bangkok travel agency, told The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

It actually kept the government open all year and manage to pass something vaguely resembling a budget.

From The Daily Beast

Regular taxation, monopolies, mortgages, and loans barely sufficed to provide for the budget.

From Project Gutenberg

"Working men have been hit very hard by the tyrannical Budget," announces a morning paper.

From Project Gutenberg

Several uneducated business men are said to have written to the Dean asking the Latin for what they think of the new Budget.

From Project Gutenberg

Having had time to consider the Budget proposals in detail Mr. Asquith was less complimentary and more critical.

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In the passage outside the drawing-room was Hedges, evidently waiting for his master, and with a budget to unfold.

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Related Words

• allocate
• calculate