budget meaning

budget as a noun

1. a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
   • the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year

   Type of: fund

   Kinds: Civil List, operating budget

   Related forms: budgetary

2. a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
   • the president submitted the annual budget to Congress

   Type of: plan

   Kinds: balanced budget

   Related forms: budgetary

budget as a verb

1. make a budget

   Type of: calculate

How to pronounce budget

budget is pronounced /ˈbʌdʒɪt/ in British English and /ˈbʌdʒɪt/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.