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budget

A budget is an itemized summary of planned expenses for a given period along with the estimated income for that period. (noun)

An example of budget is what California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed in June of 2011 for being unbalanced.

A budget is a plan or estimate of the amount of money needed for cost of living or to be used for a specific purpose. (noun)

  1. An example of budget is how much a family spends on all expenses in a month.
  2. An example of budget is how much a person plans on spending on a new bed.

Budget means to make a schedule for using time or a plan for paying expenses. (verb)

An example of budget is someone going over all their past monthly expenses to make a plan for future monthly expenses.

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See budget in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See budget in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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