budget for

British  

verb

1. (tr, preposition) to allocate, save, or set aside money for (a particular purpose, period, etc)

   we need to budget for a fuel increase this winter

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Example Sentences

While poorer consumers struggle to budget for higher energy prices, their higher-income peers feel bolstered by stock market gains.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

While poorer consumers struggle to budget for higher energy prices, their higher-income peers feel bolstered by stock market gains.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

And then it still means, “Well, why do we have to give you that budget for that?”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Moreover, “there are media reports that the Japanese government is considering a first supplementary budget for FY 2026,” Yamashita adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

There was no budget for a training table in Seattle.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown