Definitions for: Budget

[n] a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them; "the president submitted the annual budget to Congress"
[n] a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose; "the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year"
[v] make a budget

Webster (1913) Definition: Budg"et, n. [OE. bogett, bouget, F. bougette bag,
wallet, dim. of OF. boge, bouge, leather bag. See Budge,
n., and cf. Bouget.]
1. A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store;
an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions.

2. The annual financial statement which the British
chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons.
It comprehends a general view of the finances of the
country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the
ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar
statement in other countries.

To open the budget, to lay before a legislative body the
financial estimates and plans of the executive government.

See Also: balanced budget, calculate, cipher, Civil List, compute, cypher, figure, fund, monetary fund, operating budget, plan, program, programme, reckon, work out

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