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Budget

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbʌdʒɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbʌdʒɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(buj′it)

Inflections of 'budget' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

budgets: v 3rd person singular

budgeting: v pres p

budgeted: v past

budgeted: v past p

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

budg•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.

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.

budg•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•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

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