budgetize

English

Etymology

budget +‎ -ize

Verb

budgetize (third-person singular simple present budgetizes, present participle budgetizing, simple past and past participle budgetized) (uncommon)

1. (transitive) To adapt to, or incorporate into, a budget.
   • 1995, Official Journal of the European Communities: Debates of the European Parliament · Issues 465–467, page 11:

     A unilateral approach is even less promising given the complexity of the financial and legal questions raised by any attempt to budgetize the fund.

   • 2020, Republic of Kazakhstan: Selected Issues, International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept., page 52:

     It would be best to bring QFAs fully onto the budget (that is, to “budgetize” the QFAs).

2. (transitive) To manage (something) according to a budget, so as to save money.
   • 2009, Annie Korzen, Bargain Junkie: Living the Good Life on the Cheap, page 99:

     Travel costs money, but I've always found ways to budgetize my trips. For starters, I never take tours.

Derived terms

• budgetizer