budget

Speech parts

1. budget - Noun

2. budget - Adjective

3. budget - Verb

Meaning

A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

estimate allocation allowance allocate forecast ration earmark low-cost budgeting financial plan rick treasury commissariat rouleau repertory
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Antonyms

gaul dear measure expensive debt spend
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Hypernyms

cypher program plan figure programme fund

Hyponyms

civil list balanced budget operating budget

Phrases with the word

tight budget budget curbing budget cutbacks budget decline budget drop-off budget growth

Examples

If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children. Coretta Scott King

Balancing the budget is like protecting your virtue, you have to learn how to say no. Ronald Reagan

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty. William Cobbett

Fact and fiction carry the same intrinsic weight in the marketplace of ideas. Fortunately, reality has no advertising budget. Daniel Suarez

You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget. Tom DeLay

The poor man's budget is full of schemes. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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