Budgetary Meaning
/ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪ.tə.ɹi/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or pertaining to a budget.
Sentence Examples
Algeria needs budgetary stability.
The manager discussed the budgetary constraints during the project meeting.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The committee reviewed the ____ constraints before approving any new spending.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The school faced several ____ problems due to the cut in funding city.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English budget Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English budgetary From budget + -ary.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Japan's revolutionary New Tokaido Line, the 310-mile, 150 m.p.h. route between Tokyo and Osaka that is due to open for passenger traffic in October, has run into the same kind of budgetary trouble that held up our own LMR electrification, though the Japanese Government, unlike our own, has apparently gritted its teeth and allowed the project to go ahead to planned completion."
— 1964 July, “Tokaido line trouble”, in Modern Railways, page 52:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The committee reviewed the ____ constraints before approving any new spending.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The school faced several ____ problems due to the cut in funding city.