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budget
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As a noun, budget means the amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe. As an adjective, it means appropriate to a restricted budget.
Meanings of budget
11 meaningsnoun
The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
“limited budget”
“unlimited budget”
by implicationA relatively small amount of available money.
“We're on a budget, so we can't afford to eat at that restaurant.”
An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
A summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
“the president submitted the annual budget to Congress”
Older and rare meanings (3)
obsoleteA wallet, purse or bag.
obsoleteA compact collection of things.
obsoletemilitaryA socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests.
adjective
Appropriate to a restricted budget.
“We flew on a budget airline.”
verb
To construct or draw up a budget.
“Budgeting is even harder in times of recession”
To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
“The PM’s pet projects are budgeted rather generously”
To plan for the use of in a budget.
“The prestigious building project is budgeted in great detail, from warf facilities to the protocollary opening.”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).