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BUDGET

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

the president submitted the annual budget to Congress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("budget" is a kind of...):

plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "budget"):

balanced budget (a budget is balanced when current expenditures are equal to receipts)

Derivation:

budget (make a budget)

budgetary (of or relating to a budget)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sum of money allocated for a particular purpose

Example:

the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("budget" is a kind of...):

fund; monetary fund (a reserve of money set aside for some purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "budget"):

Civil List (a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal family)

operating budget (a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements)

Derivation:

budget (make a budget)

budgetary (of or relating to a budget)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a budget

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "budget" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

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

budget (a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose)

Credits

 Context examples: 

What type of animal suits your lifestyle and budget?

(Pet Health, NIH)

You will pardon me, I know, for all my faults when you have read all my budget of news.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The operating authorities provided to grantees under certain research grant mechanisms that waive the requirement for NIH prior approval for specific actions i.e., change budget categories amounts.

(Expanded Authorities, NCI Thesaurus)

Nearly 80 percent of AHRQ's budget is awarded as grants and contracts to researchers at universities and other research institutions across the country.

(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, NCI Thesaurus)

The new findings show that if not for the anaerobic methane oxidation process, freshwater environments would account for an even greater portion of the global methane budget.

(Methane-eating microorganisms help regulate emissions from wetlands, NSF)

The Austrian partner asked for the price to be kept secret, but the commissioner stated the purchase was financed by a loan, so it is not a burden on the state budget.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)

The Clinical Trials Protocol and Data Management Shared Resource provides administrative support for Clinical Trials: assistance with protocol and budget development, submission and maintenance of IRB documentation, transmission of required information to study sponsors and federal oversight agencies, coordination of IRB approval, protocol conduct and data collection with affiliated institutions, data retrieval and data transcription in compliance within the guidelines of GCP, quality assurance to ensure completeness and accuracy of data, maintenance of protocol and patient registration system, protocol monitoring and generation of reports, hiring/training of data managers, contract development and management.

(Clinical Trials Protocol and Data Management Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

Budget category.

(Lung Cancer, Women (Subset of Total Lung), NCI Thesaurus)

Planets in Capricorn, a financially minded sign, suggest that you will likely be involved with setting up budgets and appropriating funds.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Using ancient sediment from outcrops along the edge of the lake, Emily Beverly, a sedimentary geologist at the University of Houston, along with researchers at Baylor University, generated a water-budget model to see how Lake Victoria's levels respond to changes in evaporation, temperature, rainfall and solar energy.

(Environmental change in Africa: Will it lead to a drying Lake Victoria?, National Science Foundation)