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budget
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budg·et  (bjt)
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.

[Middle English bouget, wallet, from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge, leather bag, from Latin bulga, of Celtic origin; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.]

budget·ary (bj-tr) adj.
budget·er, budget·eer (--tîr) n.

budget [ˈbʌdʒɪt]
n
1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) an itemized summary of expected income and expenditure of a country, company, etc., over a specified period, usually a financial year
2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) 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. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) the total amount of money allocated for a specific purpose during a specified period
6. Archaic a stock, quantity, or supply
vb -gets, -geting, -geted
1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) (tr) to enter or provide for in a budget
2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) to plan the expenditure of (money, time, etc.)
3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) (intr) to make a budget
[C15 (meaning: leather pouch, wallet): from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge, from Latin bulga, of Gaulish origin; compare Old English bælg bag]
budgetary  adj

Budget [ˈbʌdʒɪt]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the. an estimate of British government expenditures and revenues and the financial plans for the ensuing fiscal year presented annually to the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer

budg•et (ˈbʌdʒ ɪt)
n.
1. an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expenses for a given period in the future.
2. a plan of operations based on such an estimate.
3. an itemized allotment of funds, time, etc., for a given period.
4. a sum of money set aside or allowed for a particular purpose: the construction budget.
5. a limited stock or supply of something.
6. Dial. a small bag; pouch.
adj.
7. reasonably or cheaply priced: budget dresses.
v.t.
8. to plan an allotment of (funds, time, etc.).
9. to deal with (specific funds) in a budget.
v.i.
10. to subsist on or live within a budget.
[1400–50; late Middle English bowgett < Middle French bougette=bouge bag (< Latin bulga; see bulge) + -ette -ette]
budg′et•ar`y (-ˌtɛr i) adj.
budg′et•er, n.

Budget a bag or sack with its contents; a stock or accumulation; an estimate of expenses; a leather or skin bottle.
Examples: budget of freshwater [‘leather bottleful’], 1580; of general knowledge, 1822; of inventions, 1692; of nails [‘a bag’], 1677; of news; of olives, 1653; of paper, 1729; of paradoxes, 1867; of tools [‘a bag’], 1879.
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.budget - a sum of money allocated for a particular purposebudget - a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose; "the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year"
fund, monetary fund - a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
Civil List - a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal family
operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements
2.budget - a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them; "the president submitted the annual budget to Congress"
plan, program, programme - a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"
balanced budget - a budget is balanced when current expenditures are equal to receipts
Verb1.budget - make a budget
compute, calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation

budget
noun
allowance, means, funds, income, finances, resources, allocation A designer would be beyond their budget.
verb
plan, estimate, allocate, cost, ration, apportion, cost out I'm learning how to budget my finances.
adjective
inexpensive, economy, bargain, sale, reduced, keen, reasonable, low-priced, low-cost, cut-price, economical, cheapo (informal) Cheap flights are available from budget travel agents. a budget price
Quotations
"Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery" [Charles Dickens David Copperfield]
Translations
budget [ˈbʌdʒɪt]
A. Npresupuesto m
the Budget (Brit) (Pol) → los Presupuestos Generales del Estado
my budget won't stretch or run to steakmi presupuesto no me permite comprar bistec
B. VIplanear el presupuesto
C. VT [+ sum] → asignar
the movie is only budgeted at 10m dollarsa la película se le ha asignado un presupuesto de sólo 10 millones de dólares
budgeted costscostos mpl presupuestados
D. CPD (Econ) → presupuestario; (= cut-price) [holiday, prices] → económico
budget account Ncuenta f presupuestaria
budget day Ndía m de la presentación de los Presupuestos Generales del Estado
budget deficit Ndéficit m presupuestario
budget plan Nplan m presupuestario
budget speech Ndiscurso m en el que se presentan los Presupuestos Generales del Estado
budget for VI + PREPhacer un presupuesto para
we hadn't budgeted for the price increaseno habíamos contado con el aumento de precios
BUDGET
Cuando el Ministro de Economía y Hacienda británico (Chancellor of the Exchequer) presenta los presupuestos generales del Estado al Parlamento cada noviembre, en el país se refieren a ellos simplemente como the Budget, el cual suele incluir cambios en los impuestos y en las prestaciones sociales. Su discurso se televisa en su totalidad, para que los ciudadanos se enteren por sí mismos de cómo afectarán los cambios a su declaración de la renta, así como al precio de artículos tales como la gasolina, el alcohol o el tabaco.

budget [ˈbʌdʒɪt]
nbudget m
I'm on a tight budget → Je dois faire attention à mon budget.
to do sth on a tight budget → faire qch avec peu d'argent
within one's budget → dans son budget
adj [airline, hotel, accommodation] → pour petits budgets, économique
modif [deficit, cut] → budgétaire
vi
to budget for sth → inscrire qch au budget, budgéter qch
vt (= set aside) → budgéter

budget
nEtat m, → Budget nt; (Parl also) → Haushalt(splan) m
vihaushalten, Haus halten, wirtschaften; responsible for budgetingfür das Budget or den Etat or (Parl also) → den Haushalt verantwortlich
vt
money, timeverplanen
(also budget for) itemkostenmäßig einplanen; costseinplanen; budgeted costsVorgabekosten pl, → vorgesehene Kosten pl; budgeted revenueSollertrag m

budget:
budget day
n (Parl) → ˜ Haushaltsdebatte f
budget deficit

Budget [ˈbʌdʒɪt] n (Brit) the Budgetil bilancio (preventivo) dello Stato
budget [ˈbʌdʒɪt]
1. nbilancio (preventivo), budget m inv
I'm on a tight budget → devo contare la lira
she works out her budget every month → fa il preventivo delle spese ogni mese
budget price → prezzo ridotto
2. vifare un preventivo; (household) → fare i propri conti
budget for vi + prepmettere in conto or in preventivo, preventivare

budget (ˈbadʒit) noun
any plan showing how money is to be spent. my budget for the month.
verbpast tense, past participle ˈbudgeted
1. to make a plan showing this. We must try to budget or we shall be in debt.
2. (with for) to allow for (something) in a budget. I hadn't budgeted for a new car.

budget ميزانية rozpočet budget Budget προϋλογισμός presupuesto budjetti budget budžet budget 予算 예산 budget budsjett budżet orçamento бюджет budget งบประมาณ bütçe ngân sách 预算
budget
n.  presupuesto.


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