budgetary control

British  

noun

1. a system of managing a business by applying a financial value to each forecast activity. Actual performance is subsequently compared with the estimates

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budgetary control

So the Minneapolis City Council has budgetary control over the Minneapolis police.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2021

Creation of a new military service would be about improved strategic focus and budgetary control and would not affect the question of space warfare.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2018

County governments have budgetary control over sheriffs, but little else.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2017

Simpson dislikes the model of using a vote to secure research funding through public bonds, because then the state lacks budgetary control.

From Nature ● Apr. 25, 2017

Large sums were voted loosely, and expended by executive boards without any budgetary control.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various