Etimology
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”)), a common root with the Germanic family (compare Dutch balg (“bellows”)), from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-. More at belly.
noun
budget (plural budgets)
The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
(obsolete) A wallet, purse or bag.
(obsolete) A compact collection of things.
(obsolete, military) A socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests.
Examples
limited budget
unlimited budget
tight budget/tight budget
within the budget
over the budget
At the other extreme, with limitless budgets all they have to do is dream up amazing lighting rigs to be constructed and operated by the huge team of gaffers and sparks, with their generators, discharge lights, flags, gobos and brutes.
The latest Tory budget continued the trend begun in 2000 by making further small cuts in family income taxes.
The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris.
We're on a budget, so we can't afford to eat at that restaurant.
With that out of his bouget forth he drew / Great store of treasure, therewith him to tempt […]
The king holds up a hand to the lute player: ‘Thank you, leave us.’ The boy stuffs his music back into his budget and goes out backwards.
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.
adjective
budget (not comparable)
Appropriate to a restricted budget.
Examples
We flew on a budget airline.
A classic budget game, there isn't really anything outstanding about Rescue at all.
Related words
synonyms
(appropriate to a restricted budget): low-cost
verb
budget (third-person singular simple present budgets, present participle budgeting, simple past and past participle budgeted)
(intransitive) To construct or draw up a budget.
(transitive) To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
(transitive) To plan for the use of in a budget.
Examples
Budgeting is even harder in times of recession
The PM’s pet projects are budgeted rather generously
The prestigious building project is budgeted in great detail, from warf facilities to the protocollary opening.