budget

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ 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

▪ draft

VERB + 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

▪ a budget of $5 000
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verb

ADVERB

▪ carefully, sensibly

▪ If we budget carefully we should be able to afford a new car.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

▪ We have budgeted $10 000 for advertising.
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adj.

Budget is used with these nouns: ↑airline, ↑CD, ↑flight, ↑price, ↑traveller

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Synonyms:

Bag (with its contents), pack, packet, parcel, package, bundle, roll / Stock, store, batch, lot, set, assortment, collection / Governmental estimate, fiscal estimate

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budget — [ bydʒɛ ] n. m. • 1764; mot angl., d ab. « sac du trésorier », de l a. fr. bougette, dimin. de bouge « sac, valise » 1 ♦ « Acte par lequel sont autorisées les recettes et les dépenses annuelles de l État ou des autres services que les lois… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Budget de l'ue — Budget de l Union européenne Le budget de l Union européenne (UE) a pour but de donner à l Union les moyens de mener ses politiques. Il est issu des contributions des États membres et est établi et exécuté en euro depuis 1999. Les grandes lignes… … Wikipédia en Français
Budget — Sn Finanzplanung erw. fach. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Über frz. budget entlehnt aus ne. budget, dieses aus afrz. bougette Lederbeutel , einem Diminutivum zu frz. bouge m. Ledersack , aus l. bulga f. (Eigentlich ist das englische Wort entlehnt und… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
budget — [buj′it] n. [ME bougette < OFr, dim. of bouge: see BUDGE2] 1. Obs. a bag, pouch, or purse, or its contents 2. a collection of items; stock 3. a plan or schedule adjusting expenses during a certain period to the estimated or fixed income for… … English World dictionary
budget — I noun accountancy, accounts, allocation, allotment, allowance, appropriation, balance sheet, balance statement, distribution, estimated expenditures, planned disbursement, profit and loss account, provision, ration, statement, statement of… … Law dictionary
Budget — Budget: Die Bezeichnung für »‹Staats›haushaltsplan« wurde im 18. Jh. aus engl. budget entlehnt, später in der Aussprache an frz. budget angelehnt, das selbst aus dem Engl. stammt. Engl. budget bedeutete ursprünglich wie das vorausliegende afrz.… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
budget — ► NOUN 1) an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time. 2) the amount of money needed or available for a purpose. 3) (Budget) a regular estimate of national revenue and expenditure put forward by a finance minister. ► VERB… … English terms dictionary
Budget — Budg et, n. [OE. bogett, bouget, F. bougette bag, wallet, dim. of OF. boge, bouge, leather bag. See {Budge}, n., and cf. {Bouget}.] 1. A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Budget — (Etat) ist die planmäßig, in bestimmter Form aufgestellte Übersicht, in der die Staatsverwaltung oder eine sonstige öffentliche Wirtschaft für einen bestimmten Zeitabschnitt die von ihr in Aussicht genommenen Aufwendungen den zu ihrer Deckung… … Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens
budget — BUDGÉT s.n. v. buget1. Trimis de valeriu, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 BUDGÉT s.n. v. buget. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
budget — [n] financial plan account, aggregate, allocation, allowance, bulk, cost, estimated expenses, finances, fiscal estimate, funds, means, planned disbursement, quantity, quantum, resources, spending plan, statement, total; concept 332 budget [v]… … New thesaurus

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