- pronunciation:
- buh
jiht
- features:
- Word History
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noun |
| definition 1: |
A budget is a plan for how a person or a group will receive and spend money during a certain period.
The school makes a new budget every year.- similar words:
- plan, schedule, statement
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| definition 2: |
A budget is the amount of money that someone can spend during a certain time or for certain things.
My mom says we're going to take the bus to visit my grandmother this year because flying is beyond our budget.- similar words:
- allowance, capital, funding, funds, means, money, resources
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| derivations: |
budgetary (adj.), budgeter (n.), budgeting (n.) |
Budget comes from
bougette, an early French word for a small bag or wallet.