budget1 nounbudget2 verbbudget3 adjective
budgetbud‧get1 /ˈbʌdʒɪt/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINbudget1
Origin:
1400-1500 Old French bougette ‘small leather bag’, from bouge ‘leather bag’, from Latin bulga; from the idea of bringing your spending plan out of its bagEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Government cuts in the defence budget have meant a loss of 2000 jobs.
- More cuts in the defense budget are expected.
- Mum always worked out the household budget according to what we could afford.
- Several of our recent projects have been wildly over budget.
- Texas faces a budget deficit of over $4 billion.
- The company has had to cut £46.000 from its advertising budget.
- The council has said that jobs will have to be cut in order to balance the budget.
- the firm's annual budget
- The job will involve budgeting and decision-making, as well as managing the project.
- The renovation work to St George's Hall was completed six months ahead of schedule and under budget.
- You can choose any type of wood for your furniture, according to your budget.
- A percentage of the takings is usually allocated to advertising: this is the advertising budget.
- His first budget, in 1991, contained a $ 7 billion tax increase.
- It is unlikely the new government will have time to draft a budget.
- Key resources are technical personnel and aircraft spare parts which account for the largest share of the maintenance budget.
- Mission-driven budgets relieve legislators of micromanagement decisions, freeing them to focus on the larger problems they were elected to solve.
- The Council has to make savings on its budget of nearly £10 million to meet Government targets.
- The Republicans were wedded to conservative fiscal views that stressed the importance of balancing the budget and cutting taxes.
- The second reason is the fact that most people have a limited budget and are already spending all their cash on games.
Longman Language Activatora plan to do something
something that you have decided to do, and the methods you will use to do it: · Her plan is to finish her degree and then go and teach in Japan.plan to do something: · The school has plans to build a computer centre.plan for: · NASA has announced plans for a new space mission to Mars.business/career etc plan: · You can't get a loan to start a new company if you don't have a good business plan.make plans: · By January, many people are already making plans for their summer holidays.go according to plan (=when things happen exactly as you intended): · Everything went according to plan, and we all crossed the river safely.a plan falls through (=when you cannot do what you intended to do, because something unexpected happens): · There was an airline strike in India, and all our plans fell through at the last minute.plan A/plan B (=use this when you are saying that you have two possible plans, in case the first one is not successful): · Plan A obviously wasn't going to work, so we had to resort to plan B.
informal a detailed plan explaining exactly how to achieve something: · Here's my game plan, Roger. I want to make the magazine a monthly, and cut it down to sixty or seventy pages.decide/devise/put forward etc a plan of action: · If the problem continues, discuss a plan of action with your colleagues.
a carefully designed plan for achieving something that is difficult and may take a long time: strategy for doing something: · We need a new strategy for increasing our sales in Europe.· Murdoch bought several TV stations, as part of his strategy for building a media empire.strategy of: · The rebels' strategy of guerrilla warfare has been remarkably successful.a/an campaign/economic/military etc strategy: · the President's long-term economic strategy
British /program American a series of activities, organized by a government or other large organization, that is designed to achieve something important and will continue for a long time: programme of: · The irrigation project is part of a programme of aid to West Africa.training/research/space etc programme: · It's a major research program, aimed at developing cheaper fuels.launch a programme: · The government has launched a programme to help unemployed young people find work.
a plan or set of principles agreed by the members of a government, a political group, a company etc, that says how they intend to deal with a particular subject or problem: · It is not our policy to reveal our clients' names.environmental/monetary/economic etc policy: · Most large companies these days operate an equal opportunities policy.· US foreign policy (=towards other countries)policy on: · the government's policy on Europepolicy towards: · The Cuban revolution resulted in a reassessment of Washington's policy towards the Third World generally.policy of: · A new ruler might adopt a policy of drastically cutting back oil production in order to boost prices.
British an official plan that is intended to help particular groups of people, for example people who are very poor, without jobs, or who need a better education: scheme to do something: · Several organizations run schemes to help women find work after their children have started school. a training/literacy/resettlement etc scheme: · The government's Youth Training Scheme soon ran into difficulties.· Adult literacy schemes have been run with great success in the inner cities.
a plan that shows exactly what things you will spend a particular amount of money on: household/food/advertising etc budget: · Mum always worked out the household budget according to what we could afford.· The company has had to cut £46,000 from its advertising budget.over/under budget (=having spent more or less than the amount planned): · Several of our recent projects have been wildly over budget.· The renovation work to St George's Hall was completed six months ahead of schedule and under budget.budget deficit (=a situation in which more money has been spent than is available): · Texas faces a budget deficit of over $4 billion.balance the/your budget (=make sure that only the money available is spent): · The council has said that jobs will have to be cut in order to balance the budget.
a completely new plan for important changes or ways of dealing with a problem: blueprint for: · Conservation groups have suggested a blueprint for a "Green World".· A panel of advisors is urging The White House to adopt a blueprint for dealing with such emergencies.
the amount that you spend the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or other organization: · The government intends to cut its expenditure by 10% next year.public spending/expenditure (=by a government): · The answer to inadequate health care is to increase public spending, not reduce it.spending/expenditure on: · Company spending on staff benefits has been cut dramatically in recent years.
the money that a person or organization has to spend regularly on heating, rent, electricity etc: · What are your annual fuel costs?cut costs (=reduce costs): · Falling sales have forced companies to cut costs.running costs (=the cost of owning and using something): · I'm looking for a car with low running costs.
the amount of money that someone must spend when they first start a new business or activity: · The best business is one with a small outlay and with no risk involved.outlay on: · When we built the factory the outlay on machinery was heavy but we were able to buy all the latest equipment.initial outlay (=outlay in the beginning): · T- shirts are easy to produce, requiring little initial outlay and a minimum of time and effort.
the amount of money that someone has to spend regularly on rent, bills, food etc for their home or business: · The outgoings on a house this size are very high.· I wrote a check for $200 to cover various outgoings.
British /overhead American the amount of money that a company or a business person has to spend on rent, their workers' pay, office furniture etc: · The cost of the movie was high because of the large production overhead.· The company's overheads were much lower this year owing to the closure of several offices nationwide.· Restaurant prices have been put up to cover the ever-increasing overheads.
the money that you spend on things that you need, for example on food, rent, and travel: · John and Rachel have a new baby, so they have a lot of expenses right now.travel/living/medical etc expenses: · Living expenses are much higher in London.· The company doesn't pay my travel expenses.
the amount of money that you have planned to spend or that is available to spend on a particular thing: · You can choose any type of wood for your furniture, according to your budget.· Government cuts in the defence budget have meant a loss of 2000 jobs.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + budget
a household with an annual income of $60,000 Cost cutting had enabled the organization to survive a previous cash crunch. a huge budget surplus of over £16 billion As you know, I run the magazine on a pretty tight budget.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The organization has an annual budget of $24 million.
· He has a plan to balance the federal budget.
· We had to make cuts in the defence budget.
· Often the husband and wife contribute equally to the family budget.
· The club does not have a large budget for new players.
· It was a project with a low budget.
(=small and limited)· Most young people have to live within a tight budget.
· Our clients usually have a fixed budget.
(=a very small budget)· The film had been made on a shoestring budget.
· The National Institute of Health had a total budget of $11. 3 billion.
(=total)· There has been an increase in the overall budget made available by the Government for training.
verbs· Hospital caterers have a budget of about £20 per person per week.
· The Metropolitan Police has overspent its budget by £70 million.
(=spend only the money that is available)· Further cuts are needed in order to keep within the budget.
(=spend only the money that is available)· the importance of balancing the budget and cutting taxes
budget + NOUN (=when a government has spent more money than it has)· The country has a budget deficit of over $4 billion.
(=when a government has more money than it spends)· A huge budget surplus of over £16 billion was recorded.
(=reductions in the amount of money that is available)· The department has suffered severe budget cuts.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a household with an annual income of $60,000 (=the limited amount of money that is available)· With any new project, you have to be aware of the budget constraints.
Cost cutting had enabled the organization to survive a previous cash crunch. (=amount of money a government makes available for defence)· They have called for the defence budget to be increased.
· Last year there was a budget deficit of US $70,000,000.
(=plan of how to spend the money that is available)· Each year business managers draw up a budget.
· He’s currently producing his own low-budget film.
· a big-budget film aimed at the mass market
(=one that cost a lot of money to make, or very little money to make)· He won a role in a big-budget movie.
(=a budget/tax plan)· Criticism of the budget proposals was voiced by the International Monetary Fund.
a huge budget surplus of over £16 billion· The dollar fell as U.S. budget talks appeared unlikely to produce an agreement.
As you know, I run the magazine on a pretty tight budget.· The annual defense budget stands at about $ 7 billion-40 times smaller than U.S. expenditures.· The average annual budget for state travel offices is $ 8. 7 million.· As director, he will be responsible for over 4,000 kilometres of roads and an annual budget of £50 million.· SURFnet has an annual budget of about 1 million ECUs for research and development, paid by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.· Prince Rainier finances most of his team's annual budget of £800,000.· That's.02 percent of our annual budget.· The unit employs 1,100 and has an annual budget of £33m.· From 1930 until 1937 the total annual budget of the 515 never exceeded $ 17, 400.
· Consider Britain, where Tesco, a supermarket chain, is now the brand with the biggest ad budget.· Now that he has the reputation to command big budgets, his films are simply gorgeous.· He believed in big defence budgets and plenty of parades.· Surprisingly in view of its much bigger budget, Notting Hill seems a more personal film than Four Weddings.· However, the more scary his pronouncements, the bigger his budget became.· One thing Carry Ons have never been is big budget movies.· The agency has recently outlined some ambitious plans, including a bigger budget for the Ames laboratory to carry out more experiments.· Such big-budget films benefit the industry in a variety of ways.
· Any macroeconomic fiscal policy would, therefore, have to be carried out through the federal budget.· Even in cities which generally fared well in the face of federal budget cuts, the impacts in these areas were significant.· Though sharply reduced in the last couple of years, federal budget deficits continue.· They have kept the government shut to pressure the president to agree to a seven-year plan to balance the federal budget.· Clinton and congressional Republicans have been at odds over a plan to balance the federal budget in seven years.· Medicare, Medicaid and other entitlement programs that comprise two-thirds of the federal budget.· In fact, the federal budget is designed to deflect responsibility away from politicians.
· The government would end price controls and subsidies to industry, and impose tight budgets and curbs on welfare spending.· And, Tom was working on a tight budget.· With tight defence budgets, Trinidad is trying to change the law to make use of seized assets a priority.· Some may experience considerable pressure to meet technical or scientific goals within a short time or within a tight budget.· We had a really tight budget and we feared the cost of turning it into a home was way beyond our means.· The panel wanted to make the new drugs accessible to poor Texans but was faced with a tight budget.· Working on a tight budget, we opted for more on-board memory at the expense of a large capacity harddisk.· The competition set a fairly tight budget so Julia decided to mix second-hand clothes with new ones.
· The total annual operating budget of the Cyclone Preparedness Programme was under US$136,000.· Most top intelligence bosses like the secrecy, arguing that revealing even a total budget will increase pressure to release details.· In many primary schools, this is likely to be up to 88 percent of the total budget.· Sunnyvale was starting with large reserves, and its total budget was only $ 125 million.· Only about £500,000 out of a total budget of £160m was involved.· The total budget for the project is $ 5. 4 million.· The total budget for 1992 will be approximately US$3.8 million.· The total budget for 1996-97 was $ 6. 3 million.
NOUN· Last year's budget agreement included new goodies for oil.· Congressional Republicans have made an increase in the debt ceiling contingent on a balanced budget agreement to their liking.· Investors fear that without a budget agreement, the Federal Reserve will decline to cut interest rates.· A look back to 1990, to the disastrous budget agreement reached by George Bush, should provide Republicans with some comfort.· Divisions among Republicans about how quickly to push for a budget agreement already are apparent.· Optimism about the likelihood of a budget agreement is helping to maintain healthy bidding for Treasurys.· Prices were lifted after budget negotiators in Washington cancelled meetings today and delayed talks aimed at reaching a balanced-budget agreement.
· Any balanced budget amendment has to have some exceptions and some implementation provisions.· Senate debate on the proposed balanced budget amendment could begin as early as next week.· If so, a balanced budget amendment could leave the budget-cutting job to the courts.· Without the balanced budget amendment, the jury remains out on both questions.· And this probably explains why the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution seemed to be in trouble last week.· I believe the balanced budget amendment proposal would subject the nation to unacceptable economic risks in perpetuity.· The balanced budget amendment forces Washington to live up to its responsibilities and address budget issues honestly.
· The proposed budget cuts would have affected housing subsidies, pensions, family payments and civil service pay.· Even in cities which generally fared well in the face of federal budget cuts, the impacts in these areas were significant.· And Britain's military capability-marginally useful to us during the Gulf war-has vanished with successive budget cuts.· But there was a budget cut after a year, and I was laid off.· The work of regulatory agencies was also undermined by budget cuts and a concerted unwillingness to enforce existing regulations.· The bureaucrat will almost always say that a budget cut is sure to result in the loss of jobs.· Supervisors said then they might have to consider budget cuts to make up for the energy costs.· The administration's treatment of the National Fire Plan already indicates how budget cuts put new pressures on Congress.
· Medicare cuts in the 1997 federal budget deal, in turn, helped make possible capital-gains tax cuts for investors.· In a real sense, the balanced budget amendment is an insurance policy against a bad budget deal.· There are more dubious politics than sensible economics in the budget deal negotiated by the White House and the Republican leadership.· The first 1990 budget deal, for instance, was rejected by the House but eventually was salvaged.· The reference is to the 1990 budget deal in Washington that helped bring down President Bush.
· With commitment and amounts of cash that seemed paltry when compared with government defence budgets, that problem could be solved.· Only the defence budget will see the benefit of prosperity.· The Defence budget would stand buying another catapult tomorrow; my crossbow would just have to wait another week or so.· The problems of the Defence budget are generally well known.· With tight defence budgets, Trinidad is trying to change the law to make use of seized assets a priority.· After yesterday's announcement of huge cuts in the defence budget, things can only get worse.· The majority of voters also favoured cuts in the defence budget and level or increased Spending on domestic education and health programmes.· This is presumably why Mr Bush refused to authorise an immediate increase in the defence budget.
· As a senator, Dole has worried more about budget deficits and debt than most of his Republican colleagues.· Though sharply reduced in the last couple of years, federal budget deficits continue.· Analysts suggested that the revenue from the ports would provide much-needed resources to reduce the country's massive budget deficit.· Many analysts had called for a more ambitious target in reducing the budget deficit.· They say it would be an inexpensive way to help slash the budget deficit.· The main cause of inflation was the overall public-sector budget deficit.
· At present Wolverhampton appears to employ more non-teaching staff than teachers under its education budget.· All 3 political groups on the county council, supported by hundreds of parents, agreed an education budget above Government limits.· The rise in government expenditure especially benefited the education budget which was increased by 8.6 percent to F228,000 million.· Now schools are forecasting more job losses as £7m comes off the education budget.· Each Overseas Group also has a Development Education budget.· Governors have taken to raiding education budgets in order to finance the ballooning costs of Medicaid and prisons.· This week the council said the 7.5 percent pay rise given to teachers left them with an education budget shortfall of £2.5m.· The federal government controls just 6% of the education budget.
· And, thanks to the budget impasse, they have not.· The tax expired last Dec. 31, a casualty of a congressional budget impasse in Washington.· Stock and bond markets recovered yesterday as investors focused on other issues besides the budget impasse.· The bond market also reacted negatively to the budget impasse.· With the federal government still partly closed by the budget impasse, economic reports are available only from private sources.· The Wall Street retreat was also nudged by fears throughout the day stirred by the continued budget impasse.· Dole and other lawmakers as the budget impasse has dragged on.· Routine revisions to the previous months' figures were delayed by the budget impasse between the White House and Congress.
· McCurry said he expects the issue to come up at budget negotiations with congressional Republicans.· And while the budget negotiations are causing grief right now for front-running Sen.· Clinton also alluded to the intractable ideological divide that led to the suspension of top-level budget negotiations.· Which brings us to the snow job piling up around the budget negotiations themselves.· If no progress is made in the budget negotiations by Jan. 26, the government offices could be shut down again.
· Labour could not complain if the press pointed out that higher-rate taxpayers would be worse off under John Smith's budget plans.· But the budget plan for fiscal 1998 that Clinton sent to Capitol Hill last week eliminated most of that dip.· Governors have responsibility for agreeing the school's budget plans.· Republicans have used temporary spending measures and government shutdowns in attempts to pressure Clinton into accepting their budget plan.· Many lenders automatically put their borrowers on a budget plan without asking them their preferences at the outset.· Afterwards, Republican pessimism about the latest development was fed by an inspection of the new Clinton-backed budget plan.· Clinton touted several proposals for increased education spending he said will be in the budget plan he releases next week.· Bits and pieces of the forthcoming budget plan have been dribbling out for weeks.
· On Jan. 14 Olszewski had agreed to look into budget proposals from the Solidarity trade union which would cause less hardship.· Strong oral and written communication skills are essential for analysts to prepare, present, and defend budget proposals to decision makers.· To find out we asked a number of interested parties for their own budget proposals.· His only promise to the Democrats, he says, was to support the final budget proposal that emerged from the committee.· Details of the party's policy commitments are expected to be set out in its budget proposal next month.· Budget analysts spend the majority of their time working independently, compiling and analyzing data and preparing budget proposals.· Oslo: The government's 1990 budget proposals had little effect, with the index slipping 2.39 to 515.81 in moderate trade.· The Clinton administration has proposed expanding Operation Restore Trust nationwide by allocating it $ 597 million under the fiscal 1997 budget proposal.
· Another friction point is the red-ink state budget, which has been running a deficit of several billion dollars.· The Democratic majority in the Assembly has put up most of the votes for state budgets in recent years.· Legal immigrants -- Unresolved issue in the state budget.· Above all, there seemed no way out: the State budget was on the brink of bankruptcy.· Most of what happens in the state budget each year gets little notice from the public.· Schools are, by far, the largest part of the state budget and often a bone of contention.
· The budget surplus of A$8,107 million was the fourth consecutive surplus, and would be used to reduce overseas debt.· Bush spent the campaign pretending that this was an election about the budget surplus, or social security or the military.· A budget surplus of EC$12,300,000 was predicted on the current account.· The result has been a burgeoning budget surplus.· The government is running a large budget surplus and expects to carry on doing so.· Interest rates can be cut and Bill Clinton's budget surplus spent.
VERB· The Supreme Soviet approved the 1992 budget on July 17.· This generally proves useful when they interpret and offer technical assistance to officials approving the budget.· Eventually, in late August, the state legislature approved a budget similar to that which it had rejected on June 30.· Congress and President Clinton have approved budgets for some agencies for fiscal 1996, which began Oct. 1.· The mayor and Board of Supervisors must approve a new budget by July 1.· The Assembly approved a programme budget of US$734,936,000 for the biennium 1992-93.· Thanks for approving the budget for the behavior profiling software I requested.
· Governments are not required to balance their budgets.· Archer suggested many of the reforms sought by Clinton were in the seven-year balanced budget package vetoed by the president.· Washington has managed to balance the federal budget only twice since 1960, the last time in 1969.· He simply promised the addition of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and asked voters to trust him to reduce spending.· The plan also calls for balancing the budget without deep cuts in Medicare, education and environmental protection.· He has yet to deliver on promises such as welfare reform, an overhaul of campaign financing or a balanced budget.
· All the companies surveyed have increased their intelligence-gathering budgets substantially in the past five years ....· The government hit consumers with stiff tax increases in the 1996 budget.· The Government plans to increase education budgets, in real terms, by 3.2 percent.· After two years in office they had increased the defense budget from $ 40 to $ 46 billion.· This school, however, was an exception: in most, heads had managed to maintain or increase the budget.· Eisenhower had his greatest difficulties with the Army, for it suffered most from his refusal to increase the Defense Department budget.· And that support had been bought at the cost of considerably increasing the budget.
· Immediately after announcing details of the new industrial policy Singh presented his first budget to the Lok Sabha.· Each executive then presented plans and budgets for their respective departments.· Clinton is expected to address budget issues in his State of the Union speech Tuesday, and he presents his budget Thursday.· The Treaty of Amiens in 1802 brought a brief peace, and by June 1803 Addington was again presenting a war budget.· Jardana presented his 1990 budget to the House of Representatives on Jan. 6, 1990.· For a new chancellor, presenting a budget for an unpopular government, it was the best he could do.
· Senate debate on the proposed balanced budget amendment could begin as early as next week.· The proposed budget would end the next fiscal year in the black by a razor-thin $ 54 million.· The governor will submit his proposal later this month, along with his proposed fiscal 1997 state budget.· Under the proposed budget, $ 25 million would go to the effort in 1996-97.· Colleges and universities Higher education funding in the proposed budget keeps step with the third year of a four-year agreement.· Wilson marked it for full funding in his proposed budget.· Clinton fired the opening salvo last month when he included tax cuts in his proposed 1997 budget.
· Many analysts had called for a more ambitious target in reducing the budget deficit.· Only nations that reduce their budget deficits to 3 percent of gross domestic product and accumulated debt to 60 percent automatically qualify.· Voice over Mrs Blanchard's already told Mr Coombs of her plan for reducing the budget deficit.· As for this year, one-time items will reduce the 1996 budget deficit.· They agreed that countries with fiscal and current-account deficits should reduce budget deficits and increase private savings.
· Details of the party's policy commitments are expected to be set out in its budget proposal next month.· Although we weren't set any price limits, I decided to be realistic, and set myself a budget.· The competition set a fairly tight budget so Julia decided to mix second-hand clothes with new ones.· Her salary is not excessive so she is setting herself a strict budget for her homebuying.· We saw the effect of this recently when the Commission chastised Ireland for not setting a strict enough budget.· In many organizations budgets are set by adjusting the budget for the previous year, adding a bit for inflation, and so on.· Middlesbrough has set a budget of £21.6m, £1.4m above the provisional limit.
· Now they have to spend their mornings planning budgets and their afternoons paying bills.· The Finance Minister warned that there would be no increase in public spending in the 1991 budget.· His plan will include a $ 91 million spending request in the budget he proposes to Congress next month.· Fund-holders can spend any budget savings on things such as new equipment, extra rooms and extra staff.· Will the new spending plan keep the budget balanced for any longer than a year?· This Paufer preferred drinking to eating, and spent his slim budget proportionately.· He doesn't think it's fair but it depends how the health authority spends its budget.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► crime-busting/union-busting/budget-busting etc► crime-buster/budget-buster/sanctions-buster etc
1the money that is available to an organization or person, or a plan of how it will be spentbudget of- And, trendy painted furniture can be achieved on a budget.
- Best Game of 1991 already out on budget?
- I got drunk and dialled Hire-A-Heap and rented a scarred Boomerang on a budget four-day buy.
- It is absolutely essential that a knowledgeable person with budget experience examine your proposal section on budget.
- Refurbished on a budget of £20, the shop is kitted out with old tyres, corrugated iron and scaffolding.
- Roughly half the leading building societies' borrowers repay on budget schemes.
- The bipartisan Concord Coalition, a Washington-based interest group on budget balancing issues, has run newspaper ads against the Dole plan.
- Congress may finally be forced to balance the budget.
- During his presidential campaign, he promised to balance the budget.
- Among all voters, Fabrizio found that two-thirds supported balancing the budget over cutting taxes.
- But he and his Republican Congressional opponents have yet to decide on a seven-year plan to balance the budget.
- Concern that White House and congressional negotiators were unable to reach an agreement to balance the budget helped send stocks plunging yesterday.
- Talks aimed at agreeing on a plan to balance the budget within seven years are still taking place.
- That would, of course, require deeper spending cuts in order to balance the budget.
- We can do both, give tax relief to families and balance the budget.
- And this probably explains why the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution seemed to be in trouble last week.
- Any balanced budget amendment has to have some exceptions and some implementation provisions.
- His proposals disappeared in the fight over a balanced budget.
- In his speech, Dole specifically endorsed only one of them, an amendment mandating a balanced budget.
- One of the earliest votes of the Congress is expected to be on a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget.
- Previous efforts to mandate term limits and balanced budgets and to outlaw flag-burning failed in Congress.
a welfare program with a budget of $2 millionbudget for The budget for photography has been cut. We had a really tight budget.on/within budget (=not using more money than planned) The project was completed within budget.under budget (=using less money than planned) If you come in under budget, everyone will be very impressed.over budget (=using more money than planned) Feature movies always run over budget.2on a budget if you are on a budget, you do not have much money to spend: Travellers on a budget might prefer to camp. a book which offers great ideas for decorating on a budget families on a tight budget3 (also Budget) British English an official statement that a government makes about how much it intends to spend and what taxes will be necessaryCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + budgetan annual/monthly/weekly budget· The organization has an annual budget of $24 million.the national/federal/state budget· He has a plan to balance the federal budget.the defence/education etc budget· We had to make cuts in the defence budget.the family/household budget· Often the husband and wife contribute equally to the family budget.a big/large budget· The club does not have a large budget for new players.a small/low/limited budget· It was a project with a low budget.a tight budget (=small and limited)· Most young people have to live within a tight budget.a fixed budget· Our clients usually have a fixed budget.a shoestring budget (=a very small budget)· The film had been made on a shoestring budget.a total budget· The National Institute of Health had a total budget of $11. 3 billion.an overall budget (=total)· There has been an increase in the overall budget made available by the Government for training.verbshave a budget· Hospital caterers have a budget of about £20 per person per week.overspend your budget· The Metropolitan Police has overspent its budget by £70 million.keep within a budget (=spend only the money that is available)· Further cuts are needed in order to keep within the budget.balance the budget (=spend only the money that is available)· the importance of balancing the budget and cutting taxesbudget + NOUNa budget deficit (=when a government has spent more money than it has)· The country has a budget deficit of over $4 billion.a budget surplus (=when a government has more money than it spends)· A huge budget surplus of over £16 billion was recorded.budget cuts (=reductions in the amount of money that is available)· The department has suffered severe budget cuts.budget1 nounbudget2 verbbudget3 adjective
budgetbudget2 verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLE
budget
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | budget |
| he, she, it | budgets | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | budgeted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have budgeted |
| he, she, it | has budgeted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had budgeted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will budget |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have budgeted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am budgeting |
| he, she, it | is budgeting | |
| you, we, they | are budgeting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was budgeting |
| you, we, they | were budgeting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been budgeting |
| he, she, it | has been budgeting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been budgeting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be budgeting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been budgeting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- At university, young people have to budget for their living expenses, and organise their time.
- By the time I had budgeted for food and rent I only had a few pounds left.
- Each question should take 20 minutes, so budget your time accordingly.
- Mark's capable of earning a lot, but he's no idea how to budget or save.
- No money was budgeted to widen the freeway.
- Our annual expenditure on training has been carefully budgeted.
- We'll have to budget more carefully in the future. We've spent far more than we can afford.
- City officials concede, however, that there is no money budgeted yet for the project.
- It amounts to £92.5 million over five years which is supposed to be additional money to what is already budgeted.
- Most service providers do not budget for this part of the business and often are shocked to see how much it costs.
- The optional BillLimit feature enables customers to budget by setting a monthly limit.
- They are suddenly faced with finding a place to rent and budgeting the cost of living.
Longman Language Activatorto make plans
to think carefully about something you are going to do, and decide how you will do it: · Sue spent months planning her trip.· The burglary had obviously been very carefully planned.plan how/what/where etc: · Have you planned how you're going to spend your prize money?plan for: · I think we should plan for about 50 guests.· We're planning for rain because the forecast isn't good.have something planned (=have planned something carefully already): · Don't worry, I have the whole evening planned.
to think about and talk about something that you intend to do, especially something that needs to be carefully planned: · We sat around the table, talking, laughing, and making plans.make plans for: · I've already started to make plans for the wedding - there's so much to do.
to organize the details of an event or trip, such as the times in which things will happen: · I'd booked the flight and made all the arrangements well in advance.make arrangements for: · John's brother kindly made the arrangements for the funeral.make arrangements to do something: · Vivian and her boyfriend are making arrangements to join us in Australia.make arrangements with: · Please telephone and make arrangements with my secretary.
especially British also figure out American to think carefully about how you are going to do something, especially something complicated or difficult, and plan a good way of doing it: · Management consultant Peter Brant worked out the schedule in October 1983.· UN negotiators have figured out a plan which they hope will be acceptable to both sides.work/figure out a way of doing something: · The first thing you'll have to do is figure out a way of earning the money.work out what/where/how etc: · I'll certainly go back to my job once I've worked out who's going to look after the kids during the day.have it all worked/figured out (=have completely planned how you are going to do something): · The killer, whoever he was, had it all worked out.
to plan all the details of how something is going to develop in the future, especially over a long period of time: · Representatives from several European countries met to map out details of the proposed aid program.have your future/career/education etc mapped out: · Jodie has her career all mapped out.· By the time he was 15, his parents already had his future mapped out.
to plan how you will spend your money during a certain period of time or for a particular activity: · Mark's capable of earning a lot, but he's no idea how to budget or save.· Our annual expenditure on training has been carefully budgeted.budget for: · At university, young people have to budget for their living expenses, and organise their time.
if members of a government, company, or other organization formulate a plan or proposal, they decide the details of what is going to be done: · Changes to the education system should be formulated by teachers not politicians.formulate a plan/policy/proposal etc: · The government has set up a working party to formulate proposals for reducing environmental pollution.
to be the person who is in charge of planning a complicated or difficult operation, especially a crime: · The raid, one of the most daring crimes of the century, was masterminded by Italian playboy, Giovanni Cattani.· Well-known as a tough industrialist, he masterminded 50 company takeovers in one year.
to spend less money to reduce the amount of money that you regularly spend: · We've had to cut down a lot since Craig lost his job - it's been very hard for us.cut down on: · She's already cut down on going out and buying clothes, but she doesn't have enough money to start paying off her debts.cut down somebody's expenses/bills etc: · The department has overspent this year and we will have to cut down our expenses.
also economise British to spend less money by buying only the things that you really need, or by buying cheaper things: · Sorry, I can't come out tonight - I'm trying to economize.· We're economizing this year by having a cheaper vacation.economize on (=spend less money on something): · Families on low incomes are having to economize on food and heating costs.
to spend as little money as possible, only buying things you really need, because you have very little money and want to save it to use in the future: · Chris's parents scrimped and saved so that he could go to college.· I had hardly any money left and was scrimping and saving just to buy the bare necessities.
to spend less money than you usually do because there is less money available: · Most people have to tighten their belts a little when they retire.· Governments and companies are forced to tighten their belts during a recession.
to carefully plan and control how much you spend: · We'll have to budget more carefully in the future. We've spent far more than we can afford.budget for: · By the time I had budgeted for food and rent I only had a few pounds left.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a household with an annual income of $60,000 Cost cutting had enabled the organization to survive a previous cash crunch. a huge budget surplus of over £16 billion As you know, I run the magazine on a pretty tight budget.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
a household with an annual income of $60,000 (=the limited amount of money that is available)· With any new project, you have to be aware of the budget constraints.
Cost cutting had enabled the organization to survive a previous cash crunch. (=amount of money a government makes available for defence)· They have called for the defence budget to be increased.
· Last year there was a budget deficit of US $70,000,000.
(=plan of how to spend the money that is available)· Each year business managers draw up a budget.
· He’s currently producing his own low-budget film.
· a big-budget film aimed at the mass market
(=one that cost a lot of money to make, or very little money to make)· He won a role in a big-budget movie.
(=a budget/tax plan)· Criticism of the budget proposals was voiced by the International Monetary Fund.
a huge budget surplus of over £16 billion· The dollar fell as U.S. budget talks appeared unlikely to produce an agreement.
As you know, I run the magazine on a pretty tight budget.· To avoid having to stint yourself, these need to be budgeted for in advance.
NOUN· When evaluating capital budgeting decisions, it is this marginal cost that should be used as the appropriate cost of capital.· The marginal cost of capital is the discount rate that should be used in making capital budgeting decisions.· Personal computers also have simplified capital budgeting.· The most salient committees, in our experience, are ones responsible for capital budgeting, strategic planning, and compensation.· In addition to net present value, the internal rate of return on a capital budgeting project is also calculated.· Most governments use capital budgets to finance their long-term assets.
· Consequently, he was budgeting for a deficit of about A$5,600,000.
· Mary Schuh, who also opposed incorporation and is one of the great gadflies of local government, particularly around budget time.· Most governments use capital budgets to finance their long-term assets.
· He is suing the doctor for the equivalent of the U. S. budget deficit.· S. currency after its early drop following the suspension of U. S. budget talks, traders said.
VERB· Yet that earlier generation was able to live within its means, balancing budgets year after year.
· Experienced in taking responsibility for publishing programme development and management, including planning, budget setting and control.· The system illustrated here follows a logical sequence of development resulting in a short-term financial planning and cash budgeting system.· Within accounting departments, they may work in financial analysis, planning and budgeting, cost accounting, and other areas.· Infrastructure for planning, budgeting, and oversight was needed.· Reporting structures and planning, budgeting, and compensation systems, for example, remain wholly or significantly the same.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► crime-busting/union-busting/budget-busting etc► crime-buster/budget-buster/sanctions-buster etc
1to carefully plan and control how much money you spend and what you will buy with it: - Congress may finally be forced to balance the budget.
- During his presidential campaign, he promised to balance the budget.
- Among all voters, Fabrizio found that two-thirds supported balancing the budget over cutting taxes.
- But he and his Republican Congressional opponents have yet to decide on a seven-year plan to balance the budget.
- Concern that White House and congressional negotiators were unable to reach an agreement to balance the budget helped send stocks plunging yesterday.
- Talks aimed at agreeing on a plan to balance the budget within seven years are still taking place.
- That would, of course, require deeper spending cuts in order to balance the budget.
- We can do both, give tax relief to families and balance the budget.
- And this probably explains why the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution seemed to be in trouble last week.
- Any balanced budget amendment has to have some exceptions and some implementation provisions.
- His proposals disappeared in the fight over a balanced budget.
- In his speech, Dole specifically endorsed only one of them, an amendment mandating a balanced budget.
- One of the earliest votes of the Congress is expected to be on a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget.
- Previous efforts to mandate term limits and balanced budgets and to outlaw flag-burning failed in Congress.
We’ll have to budget more carefully. This scheme enables you to budget the cost through fixed monthly payments.budget for We’ve budgeted for a new car next year.2if you budget something such as time, you decide how much of it you will need—budgeting noun [uncountable]budget1 nounbudget2 verbbudget3 adjective
budgetbudget3 adjective [only before noun] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a budget flight
- The Tourist Information Office will give you a list of budget hotels in the area.
THESAURUS
costing very little money, or less than you expected: · My shoes were really cheap – they only cost £25.· The cheapest way to get to Chicago is to take the bus.· cheap flights
low prices, rents, and fees do not cost a lot of money. Do not use cheap with these words: · Why is the share price so low?· You could get equally good accommodation elsewhere at a lower rent.
especially written not expensive – use this especially about things that are of good quality, even though they do not cost a lot: · The furniture is inexpensive, but well made.· a simple inexpensive meal· a hotel that offers air-conditioned rooms at relatively inexpensive prices
a reasonable price seems fair because it is not too high: · The restaurant serves good food at reasonable prices.· Only £25 a night? That sounds reasonable.
cheap because you do not need to use a lot of money or fuel: · an economical car· It is usually more economical to buy in large quantities.
cheap enough for most people to be able to buy or pay for: · affordable housing· Single mothers often have trouble finding affordable childcare.· The shop sells designer fashions at affordable prices.
competitive prices and rates are as low as those charged by other shops or companies: · I think you’ll find our prices are extremely competitive.· The hotel offers a high standard of service at very competitive rates.
[only before noun] budget flights, airlines, hotels etc have especially low prices: · You can get a budget flight to Amsterdam for only £19.· a list of budget hotels for under $50 a night· budget accommodation for families with young children
to be worth at least the price you pay for it, so that you feel pleased and think you have spent your money well: · The meals at Charlie’s Pizza are really good value.· The holiday is great value for money.
informal to be extremely cheap: · I got this shirt when I was in Indonesia. It was a real bargain.
Longman Language Activatornot costing much money something that is cheap costs very little money, or costs less than you expected: · My shoes were really cheap - they only cost $15.· The cheapest way to get to Chicago is to take the bus.it is cheap to do something: · It's cheaper to phone after six o'clock.relatively cheap (=cheap compared with other things): · Wooden houses are relatively cheap to build.
not expensive - use this especially about things that are of good quality, even though they do not cost a lot: · The furniture is inexpensive but well-made.· a simple, inexpensive meal· Beans and lentils are an inexpensive source of protein.relatively inexpensive (=not expensive compared to something similar): · a hotel that offers air-conditioned rooms at relatively inexpensive prices
especially spoken to not be expensive: · We stayed in a very nice hotel in Vienna and it didn't cost much.it doesn't cost much to do something: · It doesn't cost much to rent an apartment here.
cheap to use or cheap to do - use this about cars, machines, or ways of doing things that do not waste money, fuel etc: · We have a very economical heating system, so the bills aren't too high.be economical to use/run/operate: · This is a well-designed car that is also very economical to run.it is more economical to do something: · It's more economical to buy the big packet - it's only 50p more than the small one.
cheap enough for most people to be able to buy: · Single mothers often have trouble finding affordable child care.· We have a vast range of cars to choose from at affordable prices.
: low-cost housing/heating/transport etc intended to be cheap to use, buy, rent etc: · If you want low-cost transport and regular exercise, a bike is ideal.· If elected, he promised to build more low-cost housing in the city.· The US is giving low-cost loans to help under-developed countries in the region.
especially written if a product is low in price , it is cheap to buy: · Nikon's latest camera is low in price and easy to use.· The "Pocket-Pack" range of toys are very low in price and will provide hours of pleasure for the kids.
: low-budget film/movie/ production etc one that has been made very cheaply: · My first acting job was in a low-budget horror movie with a terrible plot.
: budget hotel/flight/accommodation etc budget hotels, flights etc are very low in price: · The Tourist Information Office will give you a list of budget hotels in the area.
spoken use this to say that you have enough money to buy or do something, and you should buy or do it: · "I'm not sure if I should buy this suit.'' "Come on! It won't break the bank!''without breaking the bank (=without having to pay a lot of money): · This guide lists 900 of the best places in which to eat without breaking the bank.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a household with an annual income of $60,000 Cost cutting had enabled the organization to survive a previous cash crunch. a huge budget surplus of over £16 billion As you know, I run the magazine on a pretty tight budget.
a household with an annual income of $60,000 (=the limited amount of money that is available)· With any new project, you have to be aware of the budget constraints.
Cost cutting had enabled the organization to survive a previous cash crunch. (=amount of money a government makes available for defence)· They have called for the defence budget to be increased.
· Last year there was a budget deficit of US $70,000,000.
(=plan of how to spend the money that is available)· Each year business managers draw up a budget.
· He’s currently producing his own low-budget film.
· a big-budget film aimed at the mass market
(=one that cost a lot of money to make, or very little money to make)· He won a role in a big-budget movie.
(=a budget/tax plan)· Criticism of the budget proposals was voiced by the International Monetary Fund.
a huge budget surplus of over £16 billion· The dollar fell as U.S. budget talks appeared unlikely to produce an agreement.
As you know, I run the magazine on a pretty tight budget.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► crime-busting/union-busting/budget-busting etc► crime-buster/budget-buster/sanctions-buster etc
1very low in price – often used in advertisements SYN cheap: - Congress may finally be forced to balance the budget.
- During his presidential campaign, he promised to balance the budget.
- Among all voters, Fabrizio found that two-thirds supported balancing the budget over cutting taxes.
- But he and his Republican Congressional opponents have yet to decide on a seven-year plan to balance the budget.
- Concern that White House and congressional negotiators were unable to reach an agreement to balance the budget helped send stocks plunging yesterday.
- Talks aimed at agreeing on a plan to balance the budget within seven years are still taking place.
- That would, of course, require deeper spending cuts in order to balance the budget.
- We can do both, give tax relief to families and balance the budget.
- And this probably explains why the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution seemed to be in trouble last week.
- Any balanced budget amendment has to have some exceptions and some implementation provisions.
- His proposals disappeared in the fight over a balanced budget.
- In his speech, Dole specifically endorsed only one of them, an amendment mandating a balanced budget.
- One of the earliest votes of the Congress is expected to be on a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget.
- Previous efforts to mandate term limits and balanced budgets and to outlaw flag-burning failed in Congress.
budget flights► see thesaurus at cheap2low-budget/big-budget used for saying how much money has been spent on doing something, especially making a film: low-budget movies