Budget
Meaning of Budget
noun
- an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time.
keep within the household budget
- a quantity of written or printed material.
- allow or provide a particular amount of money in a budget.
the university is budgeting for a deficit
- inexpensive.
a budget guitar
late Middle English: from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge ‘leather bag’, from Latin bulga ‘leather bag, knapsack’, of Gaulish origin. Compare with bulge. The word originally meant a pouch or wallet, and later its contents. In the mid 18th century, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in presenting his annual statement, was said ‘to open the budget’. In the late 19th century the use of the term was extended from governmental to other finances.
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Hyphenation of Budget
Bud-get
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- Budget is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Budget synonyms
Meaning a calculation or estimate of future events, especially coming weather or a financial trend:
Meaning a report or description of an event or experience:
Meaning a definite or clear expression of something in speech or writing:
Meaning an electronic document in which data is arranged in the rows and columns of a grid and can be manipulated and used in calculations:
Meaning distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose:
Meaning give or apportion (something) to someone:
Meaning allocate (a job or duty):
Meaning let (someone) have or do something:
Meaning designate (funds or resources) for a particular purpose:
Meaning give all or most of one's time or resources to (a person or activity):
Meaning appoint (someone) to a specified office or post:
Meaning devote (money or assets) to a special purpose:
Meaning give or order the giving of (something) as an official payment, compensation, or prize to (someone):
Meaning agree to give or allow (something requested) to:
Meaning low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services:
Meaning not costing a great deal; cheap:
Meaning the state of a country or region in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services and the supply of money:
Meaning requiring fewer resources or costing less money:
Meaning giving good value or return in relation to the money, time, or effort expended:
Meaning (of a price or product) not too expensive:
Meaning a deduction from the usual cost of something:
Meaning deduct an amount from (the usual price of something):
Meaning an agreement between two or more people or groups as to what each will do for the other:
Budget antonyms
Meaning costing a lot of money:
Words that rhyme with Budget
Padget, gadget, ledget, pledget, Bidget, Bridget, bidget, bridget, fidget, midget, nidget, widget, Blodget, budget, fussbudget, gudget, minibudget, mumbudget, prebudget, probudget, rebudget, underbudget
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