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budg⋅et⋅eer

[buhj-i-teer]
a person, esp. a government or business official, who prepares a budget.

Origin:
1835–45; budget + -eer
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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.

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

  2. 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.
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