budget crunch

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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Budget crunch is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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.
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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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budget squeeze definition


and budget crunch
  1. n.
    a situation where there is not enough money in the budget. : Facing another budget squeeze, the legislators were forced to put off their pay increase. , If it wasn't for the budget crunch, I'd get a good raise this year.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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