Added 9 October 2026
budget
/ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪt/ noun
Latin root: bulga Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about budget at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
limited budget
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A relatively small amount of available money.
We're on a budget, so we can't afford to eat at that restaurant.
- An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
adjective
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Appropriate to a restricted budget.
We flew on a budget airline.
verb
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To construct or draw up a budget.
Budgeting is even harder in times of recession
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To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
The PM’s pet projects are budgeted rather generously
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To plan for the use of in a budget.
The prestigious building project is budgeted in great detail, from wharf facilities to the protocolary opening.
Origin
Recorded since 1432 as Middle English bogett, bouget, bowgette (“leather pouch”), borrowed from Old French bougette, the diminutive of bouge (“leather bag, wallet”) (also the root of bulge), itself from Late Latin bulga (“leather bag, bellow”), which derives from Gaulish *bolgā (compare Old Irish bolg (“bag”), Breton bolc’h (“flax pod”)), a common root with the Germanic family (compare Dutch balg (“bellows”)), from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-. More at belly.
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