budget
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Recorded since 1432 as Middle English bogett, bouget, bowgette (“leather pouch”), from Old French bougette, the diminutive of bouge (“leather bag, wallet”) (also the root of bulge), itself from Latin bulga (“leather bag, bellow”), of Gaulish origin (Celtic, compare Old Irish bolg (“bag”), Breton bolc’h (“flax pod”)), a common root with the Germanic family (compare Dutch balg (“child”)), from the Proto-Indo-European *bhelgh-.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
budget (plural budgets)
- (obsolete) A wallet, purse or bag.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:
- With that out of his bouget forth he drew / Great store of treasure, therewith him to tempt [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:
- The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame.
- An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from budget (noun)
Translations [edit]
amount of money or resources
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itemized summary of intended expenditure
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Adjective [edit]
budget (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a budget.
- Appropriate to a restricted budget.
- We flew on a budget airline.
Synonyms [edit]
- (appropriate to a restricted budget): low-cost
Translations [edit]
of, or relating to a budget
appropriate to a restricted budget
Verb [edit]
budget (third-person singular simple present budgets, present participle budgeting, simple past and past participle budgeted)
- (intransitive) To construct or draw up a budget.
- Budgeting is even harder in times of recession
- (transitive) To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
- The PM’s pet projects are budgeted rather generously
- (transitive) 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.
Translations [edit]
construct or draw up a budget
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allow for in a budget
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plan for the use of in a budget
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Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bydʒɛt/ or /bydʒe/
Etymology [edit]
From English, see above.
Noun [edit]
budget n (plural budgetten or budgets, diminutive budgetje)
- A budget.
Synonyms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- “budget” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /byd.ʒɛ/
Etymology [edit]
From English budget.
Noun [edit]
budget m (plural budgets)
- A budget
Related terms [edit]
- budgétaire
- budgétivore m & m and f
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English budget.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
budget m (invariable)
- A budget
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Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
budget c
- a budget (a plan for economic spending)
Declension [edit]
Declension of budget
| singular | plural | |||
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| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | budget | budgeten | budgetar | budgetarna |
| genitive | budgets | budgetens | budgetars | budgetarnas |
Related terms [edit]
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- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
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