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budgetary

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budg⋅et

  [buhj-it] noun, adjective, verb, -et⋅ed, -et⋅ing.
–noun
1. an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
2. a plan of operations based on such an estimate.
3. an itemized allotment of funds, time, etc., for a given period.
4. the total sum of money set aside or needed for a purpose: the construction budget.
5. a limited stock or supply of something: his budget of goodwill.
6. Obsolete. a small bag; pouch.
–adjective
7. reasonably or cheaply priced: budget dresses.
–verb (used with object)
8. to plan allotment of (funds, time, etc.).
9. to deal with (specific funds) in a budget.
–verb (used without object)
10. to subsist on or live within a budget.
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Origin:
1400–50; late ME bowgett < MF bougette (bouge bag (< L bulga; see bulge ) + -ette -ette )

Related forms:
budg⋅et⋅ar⋅y  [buhj-i-ter-ee] , adjective
budg⋅et⋅er, noun
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budg·et   (bŭj'ĭt)   
n.  

    1. An itemized summary of estimated or intended expenditures for a given period along with proposals for financing them: submitted the annual budget to Congress.

    2. A systematic plan for the expenditure of a usually fixed resource, such as money or time, during a given period: A new car will not be part of our budget this year.

    3. The total sum of money allocated for a particular purpose or period of time: a project with an annual budget of five million dollars.

  2. A stock or collection with definite limits: "his budget of general knowledge" (William Hazlitt).

  3. Appalachian Mountains A wallet or small pouch.

v.   budg·et·ed, budg·et·ing, budg·ets

v.   tr.

  1. To plan in advance the expenditure of: needed help budgeting our income; budgeted my time wisely.

  2. To enter or account for in a budget: forgot to budget the car payments.

v.   intr.
To make or use a budget.
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to a budget: budget items approved by Congress.

  2. Appropriate for a restricted budget; inexpensive: a budget car; budget meals.


[Middle English bouget, wallet, from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge, leather bag, from Latin bulga, of Celtic origin; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.]
budg'et·ar'y (bŭj'ĭ-těr'ē) adj., budg'et·er, budg'et·eer' (-ĭ-tîr') n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
budget

  1. mod.
    [of something] of low quality or cheap. : Don't you dare bring back any of that budget pizza!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

budget 
1432, "leather pouch," from O.Fr. bougette, dim. of bouge "leather bag, wallet," from L. bulga "leather bag," of Gaulish origin (cf. O.Ir. bolg "bag," Bret. bolc'h "flax pod"), from PIE *bhelgh- (see belly). Modern financial meaning (1733) is from notion of treasury minister keeping his fiscal plans in a wallet. The verb in this sense is from 1884. Another 18c. transferred sense was to "a bundle of news," hence the use of the word as the title of some newspapers.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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