budget
an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
a plan of operations based on such an estimate.
an itemized allotment of funds, time, etc., for a given period.
the total sum of money set aside or needed for a purpose: the construction budget.
a limited stock or supply of something: his budget of goodwill.
Obsolete. a small bag; pouch.
reasonably or cheaply priced: budget dresses.
to plan allotment of (funds, time, etc.).
to deal with (specific funds) in a budget.
to subsist on or live within a budget.
Origin of budget
1Other words from budget
- budg·et·ar·y [buhj-i-ter-ee], /ˈbʌdʒ ɪˌtɛr i/, 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), re·budg·et·ed, re·budg·et·ing.
- un·budg·et·ed, adjective
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How to use budget in a sentence
In a news release the same day, advisers highlighted a long-planned increase in the ad budget this week of about 50 percent over last week.
Trump and his campaign try to allay concerns about trailing Biden in television ads | Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostThis has left some states scrambling to ramp up mail-in voting while simultaneously preparing to hold socially distanced in-person elections on tight budgets.
ProPublica’s Pandemic Guide to Making Sure Your Vote Counts | by Susie Armitage | September 16, 2020 | ProPublicaThe cow is officially back now, though, with a new line of mostly budget, Walmart-exclusive Gateway laptops.
We found out who makes Walmart’s new Gateway laptops, and it’s bad news | Jim Salter | September 16, 2020 | Ars TechnicaThe Housing Commission also included $19 million in its annual budget to help acquire the hotels and another $10 million to support rental assistance at the properties.
Morning Report: The Dreaded Purple Tier | Voice of San Diego | September 16, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoState and city budgets are also under severe strain and many have cut large parts of their workforce as they wait for Congress to decide whether to approve more assistance.
Frustrated House Democrats push for action on new economic relief bill | Erica Werner | September 15, 2020 | Washington Post
Community policing is expensive and, in an era of budget cuts, increasingly rare.
And there are other stories DuVernay could have told and still met her (relatively) modest budget of $20 million.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ | Gary May | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe airplane was owned by an Indonesian budget carrier, Lion Air.
“Mostly people on a budget use it,” Franz Dobersberger, managing director of a Bangkok travel agency, told The Daily Beast.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370 | Lennox Samuels | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt actually kept the government open all year and manage to pass something vaguely resembling a budget.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive | Ben Jacobs | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRegular taxation, monopolies, mortgages, and loans barely sufficed to provide for the budget.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison"Working men have been hit very hard by the tyrannical budget," announces a morning paper.
Several uneducated business men are said to have written to the Dean asking the Latin for what they think of the new budget.
Having had time to consider the budget proposals in detail Mr. Asquith was less complimentary and more critical.
In the passage outside the drawing-room was Hedges, evidently waiting for his master, and with a budget to unfold.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for budget (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbʌdʒɪt) /
an itemized summary of expected income and expenditure of a country, company, etc, over a specified period, usually a financial year
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
a restriction on expenditure (esp in the phrase on a budget)
(modifier) economical; inexpensive: budget meals for a family
the total amount of money allocated for a specific purpose during a specified period
archaic a stock, quantity, or supply
(tr) to enter or provide for in a budget
to plan the expenditure of (money, time, etc)
(intr) to make a budget
Origin of budget
1Derived forms of budget
- budgetary, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Budget (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbʌdʒɪt) /
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
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