An itemized summary of estimated or intended expenditures for a given period along with proposals for financing them: submitted the annual budget to Congress.
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.
The total sum of money allocated for a particular purpose or period of time: a project with an annual budget of five million dollars.
A stock or collection with definite limits: "his budget of general knowledge"(William Hazlitt).
Appalachian Mountains A wallet or small pouch.
v.
budg·et·ed, budg·et·ing, budg·ets
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tr.
To plan in advance the expenditure of: needed help budgeting our income; budgeted my time wisely.
To enter or account for in a budget: forgot to budget the car payments.
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intr. To make or use a budget. adj.
Of or relating to a budget: budget items approved by Congress.
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.