budget
noun
an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
budgeted
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past participleof budget.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof budget.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
budgetnounan estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
Example Sentences
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Current estimates indicate that the second correction and orbital insertion should both require less fuel than originally budgeted.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The process: They had initially budgeted for homes around $530,000 in the suburb, which is about 40 miles north of Seattle.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
The cost of these two clearances alone has been budgeted at £20m by the Environment Agency - although the Kidlington project has come in under the original £7.3m contract.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Each of these programs went years past their original delivery deadlines and cost far more than originally budgeted.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
But they bowed to Sproul’s judgment that losing Lawrence would be even costlier, and voted to cover all the annual operating and maintenance costs that Lawrence had budgeted for the Rad Lab.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
