budgetbudget2 verb [intransitive, transitive] 
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]
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]