Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
2. (by implication) A relatively small amount of available money.
3. An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
4. (obsolete) A wallet, purse or bag.
5. (obsolete) A compact collection of things.
6. (obsolete, military) A socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests.
7. Appropriate to a restricted budget.
8. (intransitive) To construct or draw up a budget.

Example Sentences

limited budget

unlimited budget

tight budget

within the budget

over the budget

At the other extreme, with limitless budgets all they have to do is dream up amazing lighting rigs to be constructed and operated by the huge team of gaffers and sparks, with their generators, discharge lights, flags, gobos and brutes.

The latest Tory budget continued the trend begun in 2000 by making further small cuts in family income taxes.

The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris.

Word Forms

• budgets
• budgeting
• budgeted

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Use budget when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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