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
It is notable that all of the initiatives delivered in this budget are in the millions per annum - not billions, they are marginal in size as a percentage of GDP.
In its current form, I will veto this budget, and I urge Republicans in the legislature to stop the partisan games and come back to the table to negotiate a final budget that funds our schools and eliminates the nearly $2 billion deficit.
Human Services Secretary Tom Price:
This bill that's moving through Congressional Budget Office right now is simply the first step, every American will have access to the kind of coverage that they want.
He’s exactly right, but the defense budget is not the problem. Discretionary spending is not the problem. It is growing the economy and getting entitlement reform.
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov:
Moody's assessment indicates the need to adapt the budget system to the new reality in the commodities market.
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Translations for budget
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- ميزانية, موازنةArabic
- büdcəAzerbaijani
- съставям бюджет, бюджет, предвиждам в бюджета, бюджетенBulgarian
- pressupostCatalan, Valencian
- rozpočetCzech
- Etat, Budget, HaushaltGerman
- προϋπολογισμόςGreek
- buĝetoEsperanto
- presuuesto, presupuestar, presupuestoSpanish
- بودجهPersian
- budjetti, kustannusarvio, talousarvio, määrärahaFinnish
- budget, budgétaireFrench
- cáinaisnéis, buiséadIrish
- orzamentoGalician
- büdzsé, költségvetésHungarian
- բյուջեArmenian
- budget, bilancioItalian
- תקציבHebrew
- バジェット, 予算Japanese
- budgetiKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 예산Korean
- بۆجا, budceKurdish
- budgetLatin
- budsjettNorwegian
- goedkoop, budget, opstellen, budgettair, budgetteren, begroten, begroting, opmaken, low-costDutch
- budsjettNorwegian Nynorsk
- preliminarz, budżet, budżetowy, gospodarować, taniPolish
- orçamento, financiar, em conta, verba, orçar, orçamentárioPortuguese
- бюджет, смета, бюджетныйRussian
- buxhetor, ardhur, buxhetAlbanian
- budgetera, budgetSwedish
- bütçeTurkish
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