Thesaurus: budget
A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions.
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- n. A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions.
- n. 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.
- n. a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
- n. a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
- v. make a budget
- 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.
- v:3/n:97 n. a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose n. a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them v. make a budget