BUDGET
Dictionary entry overview: What does budget mean?
• BUDGET (noun)
The noun BUDGET has 2 senses:
1. a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
2. a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
Familiarity information: BUDGET used as a noun is rare.
• BUDGET (verb)
The verb BUDGET has 1 sense:
1. make a budget
Familiarity information: BUDGET used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BUDGET (noun)
Meaning:
A sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year
Hypernyms ("budget" is a kind of...):
fund; monetary fund (a reserve of money set aside for some purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "budget"):
Civil List (a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal family)
operating budget (a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements)
Meaning:
A summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
the president submitted the annual budget to Congress
Hypernyms ("budget" is a kind of...):
plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "budget"):
balanced budget (a budget is balanced when current expenditures are equal to receipts)
• BUDGET (verb)
Meaning:
Make a budget
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "budget" is one way to...):
calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
Sentence frames:
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