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budgets

19 definitions • 31 examples
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a plan to show how much money a person or organization will earn and how much they will need or be able to spend:

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the amount of money you have available to spend:

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an annual budget of £40 million
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an amount of something such as time or effort that you have allowed for something in your plans:

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Find a holiday to suit your time budget.
The app sets a budget for your calorie intake.
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to plan how much money you will spend on something:

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be budgeted for An extra $20 million has been budgeted for schools this year.
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to plan how much of something such as time or effort you will allow for something:

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budget something for something Residents are having to budget more time for a trip to the shops.
It took only 4 hours instead of the 6 hours I budgeted.
I hadn't budgeted for dinner out with friends, so I took the extra calories out of the next day's calorie budget.
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very cheap:

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in the UK, the official statement that the government makes about how much it will collect in taxes and spend on public services in the future
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A balanced budget is a financial plan in which expenses are no greater than income.
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low in price; cheap:

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Budget airlines have forced major airlines to lower some of their prices.
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to plan to spend money for a particular purpose:

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[ T ] They budgeted $6000 for property taxes this year.
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To budget is also to plan how to use something of which you have a limited supply:

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[ T ] You will have to learn how to budget your time to get all your work done.
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a plan that shows how much money an organization expects to earn and spend during a particular period of time, and how it will spend its money:

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work on/draw up/establish a budget Corporate planners are busy drawing up a budget for the next fiscal year.
Fourth quarter results will be factored into the budget.
a project/departmental/corporate budget
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the amount of money you are allowed to spend for a particular purpose:

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a budget of $4 million/€1000/£100, etc. She was given a budget of $5,000 a month to raise the four children.
cut/reduce/increase/raise a budget Local agencies were forced to cut their budgets by 50%.
over/under/on/within budget The project came in $5,000 over budget.
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an official statement from the government which explains how much money it plans to collect in taxes and spend on public services during the next year:

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not having much money:

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Mortgage advisers urge anyone on a tight budget to choose a fixed rate so they know they can afford the repayments.
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to calculate how much money you must earn or save during a particular period of time, and plan how you will spend it:

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be budgeted for sth Over $3 million has been budgeted for medical research.
be budgeted at sth The project, which is budgeted at $200,000, will be completed in eight months.
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costing very little money:

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offering something for a very low price:

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