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Budget

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Noun

1. budget

a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose

Example Sentences:
'the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year'

2. budget

a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them

Example Sentences:
'the president submitted the annual budget to Congress'

Verb

3. budget

make a budget

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Budget

see synonyms of budget
noun
1. 
an itemized summary of expected income and expenditure of a country, company, etc, over a specified period, usually a financial year
2. 
an estimate of income and a plan for domestic expenditure of an individual or a family, often over a short period, such as a month or a week
3. 
a restriction on expenditure (esp in the phrase on a budget)
4. (modifier)
economical; inexpensive
budget meals for a family
5. 
the total amount of money allocated for a specific purpose during a specified period
6. archaic
a stock, quantity, or supply
verb -gets, -geting or -geted
7. (transitive)
to enter or provide for in a budget
8. 
to plan the expenditure of (money, time, etc)
9. (intransitive)
to make a budget
noun
the Budget

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Budget

see synonyms of budget
noun
1.  Obsolete
a bag, pouch, or purse, or its contents
2. 
a collection of items; stock
3. 
a plan or schedule adjusting expenses during a certain period to the estimated or fixed income for that period
4. 
the cost or estimated cost of living, operating, etc.
5. 
the amount of money needed or allotted for a specific use
verb transitive
6. 
to put on or in a budget; provide for in a budget
7. 
to plan (expenditures or activities) according to a budget
8. 
to plan in detail; schedule
budget your time
verb intransitive
9. 
to make a budget

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Budget

see synonyms of budget
n.
1.
a. An itemized summary of estimated or intended expenditures for a given period along with proposals for financing them: submitted the annual budget to Congress.
b. A systematic plan for the expenditure of a usually fixed resource, such as money or time, during a given period: A new car will not be part of our budget this year.
c. The total sum of money allocated for a particular purpose or period of time: a project with an annual budget of five million dollars.
2. A stock or collection with definite limits: "his budget of general knowledge" (William Hazlitt).
3. Appalachian Mountains A wallet or small pouch.
v. budg·et·ed, budg·et·ing, budg·ets
v.tr.
1. To plan in advance the expenditure of: needed help budgeting our income; budgeted my time wisely.
2. To enter or account for in a budget: forgot to budget the car payments.
v.intr.
To make or use a budget.
adj.
1. Of or relating to a budget: budget items approved by Congress.
2. Appropriate for a restricted budget; inexpensive: a budget car; budget meals.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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