budget

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them

   the president submitted the annual budget to Congress

2. 2
   noun

   a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose

   the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year

3. 3
   verb

   to make a budget

   I budgeted my finances.

4. 4
   noun

   The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.

   limited budget

5. 5
   noun

   A relatively small amount of available money.

   We're on a budget, so we can't afford to eat at that restaurant.

6. 6
   noun

   A wallet, purse or bag.

   With that out of his bouget forth he drew / Great store of treasure, therewith him to tempt […]

7. 7
   noun

   A compact collection of things.

   I set off, therefore, in high spirits, for I felt that I had done good work and was bringing back a fine budget of news for my companions.

8. 8
   adj

   Appropriate to a restricted budget.

   We flew on a budget airline.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰólǵʰ-o-s Proto-Celtic *bolgos Gaulish bolgābor. Latin bulgabor. Old French bouge Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Old French bougettebor. Middle English bogett English budget 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”)),…