budgetnoun
uk/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/us/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/B2 [ C or U ] a plan to show how much money a person or organization will earn and how much they will need or be able to spend:
The firm has drawn up a budget for the coming financial year.
Libraries are finding it increasingly difficult to remain within (their) budget.
B2 [ C ] the amount of money you have available to spend:
an annual budget of £40 million
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- The school budget is going to be cut again this year.
- The project went over budget because of a miscalculation at the planning stage.
- She managed to complete her last film well within budget.
- I propose that we wait until the budget has been announced before committing ourselves to any expenditure.
- People on limited budgets should avoid travelling during the holiday season if they can.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Budgeting money
- a penny saved is a penny earned idiom
- cut
- cut back
- defund
- draw/pull in your horns idiom
- economical
- economy drive
- economy-size
- false economy
- horn
- in/out of pocket idiom
- manage
- penny
- price-conscious
- save (sth) up
- save on sth
- set sth against sth
- skimp
- square
- tighten your belt idiom
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Amounts of money
Examples from literature
- At Birmingham last month he was equally clear in urging the Lords to reject the Budget.
- Further, the Government shall not be allowed to adopt extraordinary financial measures outside the Budget.
- He was the first Chancellor of the Exchequer who ever made the Budget interesting.
- The Budget is through Committee.
- When the Budget leaves the House of Commons the time of discussion, so far as we are concerned, will have come to an end.
Examples from literature
- At Birmingham last month he was equally clear in urging the Lords to reject the Budget.
- Further, the Government shall not be allowed to adopt extraordinary financial measures outside the Budget.
- He was the first Chancellor of the Exchequer who ever made the Budget interesting.
- The Budget is through Committee.
- When the Budget leaves the House of Commons the time of discussion, so far as we are concerned, will have come to an end.
Examples from literature
- At Birmingham last month he was equally clear in urging the Lords to reject the Budget.
- Further, the Government shall not be allowed to adopt extraordinary financial measures outside the Budget.
- He was the first Chancellor of the Exchequer who ever made the Budget interesting.
- The Budget is through Committee.
- When the Budget leaves the House of Commons the time of discussion, so far as we are concerned, will have come to an end.
Examples from literature
- At Birmingham last month he was equally clear in urging the Lords to reject the Budget.
- Further, the Government shall not be allowed to adopt extraordinary financial measures outside the Budget.
- He was the first Chancellor of the Exchequer who ever made the Budget interesting.
- The Budget is through Committee.
- When the Budget leaves the House of Commons the time of discussion, so far as we are concerned, will have come to an end.
budgetverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/us/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/to plan how much money you will spend on something:
An extra $20 million has been budgeted for schools this year.
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- They simply said that they had not budgeted for pay increases this year.
- More people are using home computers to help them plan and budget efficiently.
- The financial director says he's budgeting for a full computer upgrade in the New Year.
- Make sure you've budgeted carefully and know that you can actually afford the expense.
- This price rise means that the bill is going to be much higher than we have budgeted for.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accounting
- accountancy
- accountant
- accounting
- accounts
- annualized
- arrears
- auditor
- balance
- bill
- capital
- capital gains
- costing
- double entry bookkeeping
- false accounting
- fraudulent accounting
- FRS
- GAAP
- housekeeping
- loss
- square
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Budgeting money
budgetary
adjective uk/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪ.ter.i/us/ˈbʌdʒ.ə.ter.i/
budgetary constraints
budgetadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/us/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/B2 very cheap:
a budget holiday/hotel/price
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Costing little or no money
- bargain
- bargain bin
- cheap rate
- cheaply
- cut-price
- downscale
- economy-size
- knock-down
- low-rent
- mass market
- modest
- nothing
- offer
- reasonably
- snip
- something
- song
- steal
- tacky
- trinket
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