budget
noun
an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
had budgeted
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past perfectof budget.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But the bonuses, a key source of tax revenue, were well short of what city officials had budgeted for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Nigeria's economic crisis means he is having to spend double what he had budgeted.
From BBC ● May 31, 2024
Gov. Josh Green’s administration had budgeted $199 million for such expenses but are now expecting they may need $561 million under a “worst-case” scenario, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
In 2019, the Levitt Foundation had budgeted funds to develop 15 new venues through its AMP program, but identified 17 worthy cities that could benefit from the program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
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
