budget

budget
noun
  1. an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time[mass noun]
    预算（案）
    keep within the household budget.
    控制在家庭预算之内。
    ■(Budget)an annual or other regular estimate of national revenue and expenditure put forward by a finance minister, including details of changes in taxation
    国家预算
    ■the amount of money needed or available for a purpose
    （为某目的而拨的）款项，专款
    they have a limited budget.
    他们可用的钱有限。
  2. (archaic)a quantity of written or printed material, typically that which is written or printed
    (古)一批材料（尤指书面或印刷材料）
(budgeted, budgeting)
  1. [no obj.]allow or provide for in a budget
    编入预算
    the university is budgeting for a deficit.
    该大学在预算时已准备有赤字。
    [as adj. budgeted]a budgeted figure of £31,000.
    一个总额为31,000英镑的预算。
    [as noun budgeting]corporate planning and budgeting.
    公司的规划和预算。
    ■[with obj.]provide (a sum of money) for a particular purpose from a budget
    从预算中拨（款）
    the council proposes to budget £100,000 to provide grants.
    理事会建议在预算中安排100,000英镑的拨款。
adjective
  1. [attrib.]inexpensive
    便宜的，不贵重的
    a budget guitar.
    一把廉价的吉他。
常用词组
on a budget
  1. with a restricted amount of money
    花钱不多
    we're travelling on a budget.
    我们旅游时精打细算。
派生
budgetary
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English : from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge 'leather bag', from Latin bulga 'leather bag, knapsack', of Gaulish origin. Compare with bulge The word originally meant a pouch or wallet, and later its contents. In the mid 18th cent., the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in presenting his annual statement, was said ‘to open the budget’ . In the late 19th cent. the use of the term was extended from governmental to private or commercial finances
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