operating budget

operating budget

n

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) Accounting a forecast of the sales revenue, production costs, overheads, cash flow, etc., of an organization, used to monitor its trading activities, usually for one year

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operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes budget - a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose; "the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year"