What does budget mean?
Definitions for budget
ˈbʌdʒ ɪtbud·get
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word budget.
Princeton's WordNet
budgetnoun
a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
"the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year"
budgetverb
a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
"the president submitted the annual budget to Congress"
budgetverb
make a budget
Wiktionary
budgetnoun
A wallet, purse or bag.
budgetnoun
The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame.
budgetnoun
An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
budgetverb
To construct or draw up a budget.
Budgeting is even harder in times of recession
budgetverb
To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
The PM's pet projects are budgeted rather generously
budgetverb
To plan for the use of in a budget.
The prestigious building project is budgeted in great detail, from warf facilities to the protocollary opening.
budgetadjective
Of or relating to a budget.
budgetadjective
Appropriate to a restricted budget.
We flew on a budget airline.
Etymology: Recorded since 1432 as bogett, bouget, bowgette, from bougette, the diminutive of bouge (also the root of bulge), itself from bulga, of Gaulish origin (Celtic, compare Old Irish bolg, Breton bolc’h), a common root with the Germanic family (compare Dutch balg), from the bhelgh-.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Budgetnoun
Etymology: bogette, Fr.
If tinkers may have leave to live,
And bear the sowskin budget;
Then my account I well may give,
And in the stocks avouch it. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.Sir Robert Clifford, in whose bosom, or budget, most of Perkin’s secrets were laid up, was come into England. Francis Bacon.
His budget with corruptions cramm’d,
The contributions of the damn’d. Jonathan Swift.It was nature, in fine, that brought off the cat, when the fox’s whole budget of inventions failed him. Roger L'Estrange.
Wikipedia
Budget
A budget is a calculation play, usually but not always financial, for a defined period, often one year or a month. A budget may include anticipated sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities including time, costs and expenses, environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas emissions, other impacts, assets, liabilities and cash flows. Companies, governments, families, and other organizations use budgets to express strategic plans of activities in measurable terms.A budget expresses intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them with resources. A budget may express a surplus, providing resources for use at a future time, or a deficit in which expenditures exceed income or other resources.
ChatGPT
budget
A budget is a detailed financial plan that outlines estimated income and expenditures for a specific period of time. It comprises all the money you expect to earn or receive (income) and spend (expenses), often broken down by category and time. It serves as an financial blueprint for managing money effectively, allowing individuals, households, businesses or governments to plan, monitor, and control their financial resources.
Webster Dictionary
Budgetnoun
a bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions
Budgetnoun
the annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries
Wikidata
Budget
A budget is a quantitative expression of a plan for a defined period of time. It may include planned sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities, costs and expenses, assets, liabilities and cash flows. It expresses strategic plans of business units, organizations, activities or events in measurable terms.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Budget
buj′et, n. a sack with its contents: a compact collection of things: a socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests: that miscellaneous collection of matters which aggregate into the annual financial statement made to parliament by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. [Fr. bougette, dim. of bouge, a pouch—L. bulga.]
Editors Contribution
budget
A detailed amount of money, income and expenditure allocated, forecast and reviewed for a specific purpose every month.
The household budget was easy and simple.
Submitted by MaryC on March 4, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'budget' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1403
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'budget' in Written Corpus Frequency: #756
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'budget' in Nouns Frequency: #479
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of budget in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of budget in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of budget in a Sentence
If we look at the budget expenditure, it actually gives us an opportunity because the major part of the budget expenditure goes into pensions, public sector salaries, and ... the military where there are a lot of salaries as well ... and that money goes into consumption.
Every year budgets go down, but because it's part of team building and because it's often a learning activity, they can mark that off in the budget as something separate from pure entertainment.
If you do the right thing about budget cuts at the right time, they don't necessarily affect your chances.
Soon we will make the last payment on the $15 billion of borrowing made to cover budget deficits dating back to 2002, we will also repay a billion dollars borrowed from schools and community colleges.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau:
We do plan on balancing the budget at the end of four years, and that will, I expect, come through growth in the economy.
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- ميزانية, موازنةArabic
- büdcəAzerbaijani
- предвиждам в бюджета, съставям бюджет, бюджет, бюджетенBulgarian
- pressupostCatalan, Valencian
- rozpočetCzech
- budgetDanish
- Haushalt, Budget, EtatGerman
- προϋπολογισμόςGreek
- buĝetoEsperanto
- presupuesto, presupuestar, presuuestoSpanish
- بودجهPersian
- määräraha, kustannusarvio, talousarvio, budjettiFinnish
- budget, budgétaireFrench
- cáinaisnéis, buiséadIrish
- orzamentoGalician
- बजटHindi
- büdzsé, költségvetésHungarian
- բյուջեArmenian
- anggaranIndonesian
- budget, bilancioItalian
- תקציבHebrew
- 予算, バジェットJapanese
- budgetiKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ಬಜೆಟ್Kannada
- 예산Korean
- budce, بۆجاKurdish
- budgetLatin
- budsjettNorwegian
- begroting, budget, opstellen, budgettair, budgetteren, begroten, goedkoop, opmaken, low-costDutch
- budsjettNorwegian Nynorsk
- budsjettNorwegian
- tani, budżetowy, preliminarz, budżet, gospodarowaćPolish
- orçar, verba, financiar, em conta, orçamentário, orçamentoPortuguese
- bugetRomanian
- бюджетный, смета, бюджетRussian
- ardhur, buxhet, buxhetorAlbanian
- budget, budgeteraSwedish
- பட்ஜெட்Tamil
- బడ్జెట్Telugu
- งบประมาณThai
- bütçeTurkish
- بجٹUrdu
- ngân sáchVietnamese
- בודזשעטYiddish
- 预算Chinese
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