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Webster 1913 Edition

Budget

Budg′et

,
Noun.
[OE.
bogett
,
bouget
, F.
bougette
bag, wallet, dim. of OF.
boge
,
bouge
, leather bag. See
Budge
,
Noun.
, and cf.
Bouget
.]
1.
A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation;
as, a
budget
of inventions
.
2.
The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries.
To open the budget
,
to lay before a legislative body the financial estimates and plans of the executive government.

Webster 1828 Edition

Budget

BUDG'ET

, n.
1.
A bag; a little sack, with its contents. Hence, a stock or store; as a budget of inventions.
2.
The papers respecting the finances of the British nation.
To open the budget,to lay before a legislative body the papers of the Executive Government.

Definition 2024

Budget

Budget

See also: budget

German

Noun

Budget n ‎(genitive Budgets, plural Budgets)

  1. budget

Declension

Synonyms

budget

budget

See also: Budget

English

Noun

budget ‎(plural budgets)

  1. (obsolete) A wallet, purse or bag.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:
      With that out of his bouget forth he drew / Great store of treasure, therewith him to tempt [...].
  2. The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame.
    • 2008, David Mutimer, Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 2002 (page 220)
      The latest Tory budget continued the trend begun in 2000 by making further small cuts in family income taxes.
    • 2009, Andrew Paquette, Computer Graphics for Artists II: Environments and Characters
      The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris.
  3. An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.

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Descendants

Adjective

budget ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a budget.
  2. Appropriate to a restricted budget.
    We flew on a budget airline.
    • 1991, The YS Official Top 100 Part 3 (in Your Sinclair issue 72, December 1991)
      A classic budget game, there isn't really anything outstanding about Rescue at all.

Synonyms

  • (appropriate to a restricted budget): low-cost

Translations

Verb

budget ‎(third-person singular simple present budgets, present participle budgeting, simple past and past participle budgeted)

  1. (intransitive) To construct or draw up a budget.
    Budgeting is even harder in times of recession
  2. (transitive) To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
    The PM’s pet projects are budgeted rather generously
  3. (transitive) To plan for the use of in a budget.
    The prestigious building project is budgeted in great detail, from warf facilities to the protocollary opening.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from French budget, from English budget.

Noun

budget n (singular definite budgetet, plural indefinite budgeter)

  1. budget

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʏˈdʒɛt/, /bʏtˈʃɛt/

Etymology

Borrowing from English budget.

Noun

budget n ‎(plural budgetten or budgets, diminutive budgetje n)

  1. a budget

Synonyms

Related terms

  • budgetair
  • budgetrecht n
  • budgetteren

References

  • “budget” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English budget.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /by.dʒɛ/

Noun

budget m ‎(plural budgets)

  1. A budget

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English budget.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbadd͡ʒet/, /ˈbudd͡ʒet/
  • Hyphenation: bùd‧get

Noun

budget m ‎(invariable)

  1. A budget

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from English budget.

Noun

budget c

  1. a budget (a plan for economic spending)

Declension

Inflection of budget 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative budget budgeten budgetar budgetarna
Genitive budgets budgetens budgetars budgetarnas
Inflection of budget 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative budget budgeten budgeter budgeterna
Genitive budgets budgetens budgeters budgeternas

Usage notes

  • When used as a prefix, can also mean cheap.

Related terms

References

Etymology

Borrowing from French budget, from English budget.

Pronunciation

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