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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024budg•et /ˈbʌdʒɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Businessan estimate of expected income and expenses:drew up a budget and asked everyone to stick to it.
- Businessa list showing item by item how funds will be or have been used, etc., for a given period:showed him our budget of expenses.
- Businessa sum of money set aside for a particular purpose:The school construction budget won't be enough.
adj. [before a noun] - reasonably or cheaply priced:budget seats.
v. - Businessto plan or deal with an amount of (funds, time, etc.): [~ + object]We budgeted our time carefully.[~ + for + object]We couldn't budget for every emergency.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024budg•et (buj′it),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -et•ed, -et•ing. n. - Businessan estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- Businessa plan of operations based on such an estimate.
- Businessan itemized allotment of funds, time, etc., for a given period.
- Businessthe total sum of money set aside or needed for a purpose:the construction budget.
- a limited stock or supply of something:his budget of goodwill.
- [Obs.]a small bag; pouch.
adj. - reasonably or cheaply priced:budget dresses.
v.t. - Businessto plan allotment of (funds, time, etc.).
- Businessto deal with (specific funds) in a budget.
v.i. - to subsist on or live within a budget.
- Latin bulga; see bulge) + -ette -ette)
- Middle French bougette (bouge bag (
- late Middle English bowgett 1400–50
budg•et•ar•y (buj′i ter′ē),USA pronunciation adj. budg′et•er, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: budget /ˈbʌdʒɪt/ n - an itemized summary of expected income and expenditure of a country, company, etc, over a specified period, usually a financial year
- (modifier) economical; inexpensive: budget meals for a family
- the total amount of money allocated for a specific purpose during a specified period
vb ( -gets, -geting, -geted)- (transitive) to enter or provide for in a budget
- to plan the expenditure of (money, time, etc)
- (intransitive) to make a budget
Etymology: 15th Century (meaning: leather pouch, wallet): from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge, from Latin bulga, of Gaulish origin; compare Old English bælg bagˈbudgetary adj Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Budget /ˈbʌdʒɪt/ n - the Budget ⇒ 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
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