English Explanatory Dictionary

budget

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
  2. A relatively small amount of available money.
  3. An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
  4. A wallet, purse or bag.
  5. A compact collection of things.
  6. A socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests.
adj
  1. Appropriate to a restricted budget.
verb
  1. To construct or draw up a budget.
  2. To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
  3. To plan for the use of in a budget.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪt/ en-us-budget.ogg /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ət/ /ˈbɐd͡ʒ.ɪt/ /ˈbad͡ʒ.ɪt/ /ˈbəd͡ʒ.ɛt/ /ˈbəd͡ʒ.ət/

Word forms

budget budgets budgeting budgeted

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰólǵʰ-o-s Proto-Celtic *bolgos Gaulish bolgābor. Latin bulgabor. Old French bouge Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Old French bougettebor. Middle English bogett English budget Recorded since 1432 as Middle English bogett, bouget, bowgette (“leather pouch”), borrowed from Old French bougette, the diminutive of bouge (“leather bag, wallet”) (also the root of bulge), itself from Late Latin bulga (“leather bag, bellow”), which derives from Gaulish *bolgā (compare Old Irish bolg (“bag”), Breton bolc’h (“flax pod”)), a common root with the Germanic family (compare Dutch balg (“bellows”)), from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-. More at belly.

Synonyms

bargainous economic low-cost brand X budget cheap cheapie cheapo cheesy competitive economical el cheapo inexpensive low-end low-priced nickel sixpenny tinhorn two a penny unexpensive

Derived words

antibudget balanced budget black budget budgetary budget constraint budget crisis budget cut budget deficit budgeteer budgeter budget hawk budgetize budgetless budget-priced budgetwise carbon budget champagne taste on a beer budget fuss-budget high-budget low-budget megabudget microbudget midbudget minibudget misbudget nonbudget pattern budget prebudget zero-based budget budget airline overbudget rebudget underbudget
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