Budget | Mean of budget in English Dictionary

/ˈbʌʤət/

• Noun
• an amount of money available for spending that is based on a plan for how it will be spent
1. What's the average weekly/monthly/annual budget for a family of five?
2. The film has a million-dollar budget.
3. He's been trying to live on a budget of less than $1,500 a month.
4. a movie with a big budget = a big-budget movie [=a movie that costs a lot of money to make]
5. a movie with a low/small budget = a low-budget movie [=a movie that does not cost a lot of money to make]
6. The project was completed on schedule and under budget. [=it was completed for less money than had been planned]
7. We're still within budget. [=we still are not spending more money than we planned to spend]
8. The director always goes over budget on his films. [=the director always spends more money than is planned]
9. The governor will discuss the state's budget deficit/surplus.
10. a budget crisis
11. budget cuts
• a plan used to decide the amount of money that can be spent and how it will be spent
1. We'll have to work out a budget so we can buy a new car.
2. The government may have to raise taxes to balance the budget. [=to have enough money to provide the amount that is being spent]
3. The store has great bargains for people on a budget. [=people who do not have much money to spend]
4. She started her business on a small/tight/shoestring budget [=she did not have much money when she started her business] and could not afford to overspend.
• an official statement from a government about how much it plans to spend during a particular period of time and how it will pay for the expenses
• Verb

• to plan to spend (an amount of money) for a particular purpose
1. They budgeted millions of dollars to make the film.
2. The project is budgeted at more than $100,000.
3. He budgets $50 for entertainment each month.
• to make and follow a plan for spending your money
1. If we budget carefully, we will be able to go on the trip.
2. We're budgeting [=saving our money] for a new car.
• to plan how to use (something, such as your time)
1. I need to learn how to budget my time more wisely.
• low in price
1. budget hotels