| Main Entry: | budget crunch1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a critical situation that arises because of a shortage of money; also called budget squeeze, budget crisis |
| Example: | The budget crunch hit them on their Cancun vacation. |
| Usage: | informal |
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| Main Entry: | budget crunch2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a situation in which the legislative and the executive branches in a presidential system are deadlocked and unable to pass a budget |
| Usage: | informal |
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