BUDGET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does budget mean? 

• BUDGET (noun)
  The noun BUDGET has 2 senses:

1. a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose

2. a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them

  Familiarity information: BUDGET used as a noun is rare.

• BUDGET (verb)
  The verb BUDGET has 1 sense:

1. make a budget

  Familiarity information: BUDGET used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUDGET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sum of money allocated for a particular purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year

Hypernyms ("budget" is a kind of...):

fund; monetary fund (a reserve of money set aside for some purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "budget"):

Civil List (a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal family)

operating budget (a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements)

Derivation:

budget (make a budget)

budgetary (of or relating to a budget)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

the president submitted the annual budget to Congress

Hypernyms ("budget" is a kind of...):

plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "budget"):

balanced budget (a budget is balanced when current expenditures are equal to receipts)

Derivation:

budget (make a budget)

budgetary (of or relating to a budget)

• BUDGET (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they budget    ... he / she / it budgets   
Past simple: budgeted   
Past participle: budgeted   
-ing form: budgeting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a budget

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "budget" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

budget (a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them)

budget (a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose)

 Context examples 

Proposes the submission of budget information that once was included in all competing applications initially now submitted at a time when there is a certainty of an award.

(Just-in-time-concept, NCI Thesaurus)

I set off, therefore, in high spirits, for I felt that I had done good work and was bringing back a fine budget of news for my companions.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In March, focus on work that needs to be done, and keep an eye on budgets.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

An annual report, compiled and published by the staff of the financial management branch, detailing how the NCI distributed its budget among the various research programs and funding mechanisms.

(NCI Annual Fact Book, NCI Thesaurus)

It reflects requested budget for the first 12-month period and the summary budget for the entire proposed budget period.

(Consolidated Budget Request, NCI Thesaurus)

The water-budget model in the study shows low amounts of rainfall caused the lake to dry up at least three times in the past 100,000 years, and it could happen again.

(Environmental change in Africa: Will it lead to a drying Lake Victoria?, National Science Foundation)

Globally, rainfall isn't related just to the clouds that are available to make rain but also to Earth's "energy budget" — incoming energy from the sun compared to outgoing heat energy.

(NASA Data Suggest Future May Be Rainier Than Expected, NASA)

Nutrient deficiency can be overcome within existing household budgets by diversifying diets to include coarse cereals, pulses, and leafy vegetables, and by reducing rice intake.

(Course grains better than rice for health, environment, SciDev.Net)

The CCGA application (Form PHS-398) requests documentation on the qualifications of the principal investigators and associates, pertinent budget information and justification for the support of this proposed grant.

(Cancer Center Support Grant Application, NCI Thesaurus)

The new result shows that the changes in this part of the Arctic have not yet had enough impact to affect the global methane budget.

(Alaska Shows No Signs of Rising Arctic Methane, NASA)