the money that is available to a person or an organization and a plan of how it will be spent over a period of time
an annual budget of £10 million
a balanced budget (= one where the amount spent matches the amount available)
Many families struggle to balance the household budget.
to cut/slash a budget
the education/defence budget (= the amount of money that can be spent on this)
an advertising budget of $2 million
It's one of those big-budget Hollywood movies.
on a budget We decorated the house on a tight budget (= without much money to spend).
on/within budget The work was finished on time and within budget (= did not cost more money than was planned).
over budget They went over budget (= spent too much money).
under/below budget The project came in under budget.
in the budget Is there any money left in the budget?
The hospital now faces severe budget cuts.
a budget surplus/shortfall (= when there is more/less money than is needed)
an official statement by the government of a country’s income from taxes, etc. and how it will be spent
Tax cuts are expected to be a major part of this year's Budget.
a budget deficit (= when the government spends more money than it earns)
The finance ministry is trying to reduce the budget deficit.
Military spending accounts for around 17% of the federal budget.
to be careful about the amount of money you spend; to plan to spend an amount of money for a particular purpose
If we budget carefully we'll be able to afford the trip.
budget for something I've budgeted for two new members of staff.
budget something (for something) Ten million euros has been budgeted for the project.
We have budgeted $10 000 for advertising.
budget something (at something) The project has been budgeted at ten million euros.
low in price
a budget flight/hotel
Save pounds on budget flights to the sun.
