- budget
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ fixed, limited, low, modest, shoestring, small, tight▪
The film was was made on a shoestring budget.
▪ big, generous, huge, large▪ annual, monthly, weekly, etc.▪ overall, total▪ entire▪ operating▪The museum's operating budget for 2008 is just over $2 million.
▪ family, household, personal▪ city (AmE), council (BrE), federal, government, municipal (AmE), national, state▪Military spending accounts for around 17% of the federal budget.
▪ defence/defense, education, health, housing (BrE), intelligence, military, social-security (BrE), welfare▪ ad (AmE), advertising, marketing, research, training▪ school▪ capital▪ draftVERB + BUDGET▪ get, have▪The organization has a large annual budget.
▪ allocate, draw up, plan, set▪The city has drawn up its budget for next year.
▪ present, propose, submit▪ approve, pass (AmE)▪ balance▪The school has a struggle to balance its budget.
▪ adhere to (esp. AmE), keep to, meet, stick to▪Work out a weekly budget and stick to it.
▪ control, manage▪The IT department manages its own budget.
▪ strain, stretch▪ blow, bust (esp. AmE), exceed, go over, overspend▪ cut, reduce, slash, trim▪ boost, double, increase▪ fit▪a product to fit all budgets
▪ spend▪They spent their entire budget on a new kitchen.
BUDGET + NOUN▪ expenditure▪ deficit, shortfall▪The annual budget deficit for 2008 could run as high as $12.8 billion.
▪ surplus▪ constraint, limit▪ cuts▪ plans, proposals▪ allocation▪ request (AmE)▪ crisis▪ Budget Day (= when the British government announces its budget)▪ director (AmE)PREPOSITION▪ over budget, under budget▪The project is now well over budget.
▪Costs have been held under budget.
▪ on budget, within budget▪All his projects are on time and on budget.
▪to keep within budget
▪ in the budget▪Is there any money left in the budget?
▪ on a budget▪This hotel caters for people on a tight budget.
▪ budget for▪The budget for next year has not yet been set.
▪ budget of▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a budget of $5 000
verbADVERB▪ carefully, sensibly▪If we budget carefully we should be able to afford a new car.
PREPOSITION▪ for▪{{Roman}}III.{{/Roman}}We have budgeted $10 000 for advertising.
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Collocations dictionary. 2013.