budget

CEFRB1

/ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A plan showing how much money will be earned and spent.

  2. 02

    verb

    To plan how available money will be spent.

Examples

  • A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years.

  • Our family budget is in the red.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbad͡ʒ.ɪt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A relatively small amount of available money.

  2. An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.

  3. The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.

More examples

In context

  • An annual budget of £10 million

  • limited budget

  • tight budget

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Old French bougettebor. Middle English bogett English budget Recorded since 1432 as Middle English bogett, bouget, bowgette (“leather pouch”), borrowed from Old French bougette, the diminutive of bouge (“leather bag, wallet”) (also the root of bulge), itself from Late Latin bulga (“leather bag, bellow”), which derives from Gaulish *bolgā (compare Old Irish bolg (“bag”), Breton bolc’h (“flax pod”)), a common root with the Germanic family (compare Dutch balg (“bellows”)), from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-. More at belly.