budget

Plural: budgets

Noun

• a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
  • "the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year"
• a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
  • "the president submitted the annual budget to Congress"
• The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
• The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
• A relatively small amount of available money.
• An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
• A wallet, purse or bag.
• A compact collection of things.
• A socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests.

Verb

Verb Forms: budgeted, budgeting, budgets

• To plan for the allocation of money or resources.
• make a budget
• To construct or draw up a budget.
• To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
• To plan for the use of in a budget.

Adj

• Appropriate to a restricted budget.

Examples

• Budgeting is even harder in times of recession
• limited budget
• over the budget
• Savvy Scrabble players budget their high-value tiles for optimal scoring opportunities.
• The PM’s pet projects are budgeted rather generously
• The prestigious building project is budgeted in great detail, from warf facilities to the protocollary opening.
• tight budget
• unlimited budget
• We flew on a budget airline.
• We're on a budget, so we can't afford to eat at that restaurant.
• within the budget

Synonyms

low-cost

Anagrams of budget