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   budget

   /ˈbʌdʒɪt/

   noun

   • 1. an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time: "keep within the household budget" Similar financial planfinancial estimatefinancial blueprintprediction of revenue and expenditureforecastaccountsstatementspreadsheet
   • ▪ an annual or other regular estimate of national revenue and expenditure put forward by a finance minister: "the government had put forward the biggest tax increases for any Budget in history"
   • ▪ the amount of money needed or available for a purpose: "they have a limited budget" Similar allowanceallocationallotmentquotasharerationhelpinglotslicegrantawardfundsmeansresourceswherewithalcapital
   • 2. a quantity of written or printed material. archaic

   verb

   • 1. allow or provide a particular amount of money in a budget: "the university is budgeting for a deficit" Similar allocateallotassignallowearmarkdevotedesignateappropriateset asideawardgrant
   • ▪ provide (a sum of money) for a particular purpose from a budget: "the council proposes to budget £100,000 to provide grants"

   adjective

   • 1. inexpensive: "a budget guitar"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge ‘leather bag’, from Latin bulga ‘leather bag, knapsack’, of Gaulish origin. Compare with bulge. The word originally meant a pouch or wallet, and later its contents. In the mid 18th century, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in presenting his annual statement, was said ‘to open the budget’. In the late 19th century the use of the term was extended from governmental to other finances.

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