budget

About 29.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.

   limited budget

2. noun A relatively small amount of available money.

   We're on a budget, so we can't afford to eat at that restaurant.

3. noun An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
4. noun A wallet, purse or bag.
5. noun A compact collection of things.
6. noun A socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests.
7. adjective Appropriate to a restricted budget.

   We flew on a budget airline.

8. verb To construct or draw up a budget.

   Budgeting is even harder in times of recession

Similar words

finances financial funding fund fiscal financing finance exchequer cost money

Often followed by

and of for is deficit was to in deficits

Word family

budgetary budgeted budgeting budgets