budget

/ˈbʌdʒɪt/ noun [C]

Definition

PLAN › a plan that shows how much money you have and how you will spend it

AMOUNT › the amount of money you have for something: an annual budget of £30 million

the Budget › in the UK, when the government officially tells the public about its plans for taxes and spending

budgetary adjective [always before noun] › relating to a budget

(Definition of budget noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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