| 单词 | budget |
| 释义 | budget budget // noun, verb, adjective
■ noun
BALANCED BUDGET, CAPITAL BUDGET, CASH BUDGET, SALES BUDGET, VARIABLE BUDGET
1 (Accounting ) [C,U] a plan for a particular period of time of the income and spending of a company, an organization or part of a company, etc: Each department sets its own budget. Revenues are approximately in line with the budget. Sales have exceeded budget expectations this year.
an annual/a departmental/draft budget ◆ to agree/approve/balance/draw up/present/set a budget ◆ below/in line with/on/over/under/within budget ◆ budget constraints/cuts
2 (Economics ) (BrE spelling also Budget) [C] the official statement made by a government of the country's income from taxes, etc. and how it will be spent: tax cuts in this year's Budget The budget deficit widened to 2.6% of GDP. The president passed an austere budget (= one with big spending cuts) for the coming year. The paper has the full text of the Budget speech.
the annual/draft/federal/government budget ◆ a balanced budget ◆ an austere/a tax-cutting/tough budget ◆ a budget deficit/shortfall/surplus
3 [C,U] an amount of money that a person or a company can spend on particular activities, equipment, etc: He was given a budget of $1 billion to buy assets. We had to furnish the offices on a tight budget (= without spending too much money). Is there any money left in the advertising budget? They went over budget (= spent too much money). The project came in under budget (= did not spend all the money available). He was travelling on a budget (= without much money to spend).
a generous/large/low/small/tight budget ◆ to be given/have/keep to a budget ◆ to be/come in below/over/under/within budget ◆ to cut/trim a budget
■ verb
1 (Accounting ) [+ obj or no obj] budget (sth) (for sth) | budget sth (at sth) to plan to spend an amount of money for a particular purpose: I budgeted for two new members of staff. Ten million euros has been budgeted for the project. The project has been budgeted at ten million euros.
2 [no obj] to be careful about the amount of money you spend: If we budget carefully we'll be able to afford the trip.
budgeting noun [U]: We train our employees in time management and budgeting.
■ adjective [only before noun]
(used in advertising, etc.) low in price; selling things that are low in price
a budget flight/hotel a budget airline/carrier |
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