What does budget mean?
Definitions for budget
ˈbʌdʒ ɪtbud·get
Here are all the possible meanings 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.
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
Freebase
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 it's just [changes to House] rules, no, it's going to have to be more substantive than just rules. Rules can be waived… He's going to have to give an ironclad… agreement that we will have a budget that will balance. If not in seven years, give me a timeframe.
Any negative impact these communities experience is regrettable, but the Army has to operate within the budget provided.
Her initial ruling was that this could work, now, the Republicans have a clever way to get around that by saying, well, you can’t get a budget our of the Budget Committee because we're not going to vote for it, there won't be a tie vote… and therefore, pursuant to the rules worked out at the beginning of the Congress, you can't start that discharge procedure.
If I have a buyer that is looking for a million dollar house, westchester County will look closely at the tax bill. Is Westchester County $ 20,000 ? Or is Westchester County $ 30,000 ? Westchester County's a significant difference for the budget of people moving up. Westchester County may nix the houses with $ 30,000 tax bills.
Quite honestly I don't think that my actions in following the constitution, in terms of a veto process, in trying to put together a budget that is going to be sustainable, is going to end up being a grounds for recall.
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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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