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Antonyms for budget

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : buhj-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌdʒ ɪt

Definition of budget

Origin :
  • early 15c., "leather pouch," from Middle French bougette, diminutive of Old French bouge "leather bag, wallet, pouch," from Latin bulga "leather bag," of Gaulish origin (cf. Old Irish bolg "bag," Breton bolc'h "flax pod"), from PIE *bhelgh- (see belly (n.)). Modern financial meaning (1733) is from notion of treasury minister keeping his fiscal plans in a wallet. Another 18c. transferred sense was "bundle of news," hence the use of the word as the title of some newspapers.
  • noun financial plan
  • verb plan money or action
Example sentences :
  • The budget for 1842 was produced under depressing circumstances.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The budget of the session of 1882 was presented by Mr. Gladstone April 24th.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The budget of the government introduced January 17th was unpopular.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • But their budget of news was fairly prodigious, alike in range and quantity.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • He had done enough, he said: "Let the man trudge it who has lost his budget!"
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • She was a wonderful manager, our budget was carefully worked out.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • She used to complete her budget of information on getting back to her window.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • No budget that does not cover all government expenditure is worth enactment.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • They figure in the budget, and are formidable on the hustings.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • The budget for the first year was estimated at about $5,000.
  • Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott

Synonyms for budget

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