Budget



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• n. 预算
• ［英］ n. 预算 ( plan of how money will be spent over a period of time)
• ［类］ regimen : health / budget : solvency ( 养生法可以帮助获得??/ 预算可以帮助获得偿债能力)
• ［例］ a weekly budge

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English bowgette, from Middle French bougette, diminutive of bouge leather bag, from Latin bulga, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish bolg bag; akin to Old English belg bag — more at belly
• Date: 15th century
• 1. chiefly dialect a usually leather pouch, wallet, or pack; also its contents
• 2. stock, supply
• 3. a quantity (as of energy or water) involved in, available for, or assignable to a particular situation; also an account of gains and losses of such a quantity <the global carbon budget>
• 4.
  • a. a statement of the financial position of an administration for a definite period of time based on estimates of expenditures during the period and proposals for financing them
  • b. a plan for the coordination of resources and expenditures
  • c. the amount of money that is available for, required for, or assigned to a particular purpose
• ? budgetary adjective

II. verb

• Date: 1618
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to put or allow for in a budget
    • b. to require to adhere to a budget
  • 2.
    • a. to allocate funds for in a budget <budget a new hospital>
    • b. to plan or provide for the use of in detail <budgeting manpower>
• intransitive verb
  • to put oneself on a budget <budgeting for a vacation>

III. adjective

• Date: 1941
• suitable for one on a budget ; inexpensive

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