the amount of money a person or organization has to spend on something 预算（额） | Two-thirds of their budget goes on labour costs. 他们预算中的三分之二用于人力成本。 |
| Try to work out a monthly budget and stick to it. 尽量做出每月的预算并且坚持贯彻下去。 |
| All schools are expected to manage their own budgets. 所有学校都要求控制自己的预算。 |
| on/within budget (=spending only as much money as you have) So far the project is more or less on budget. 按预算；在预算内 |
| over/under budget (=over or under the amount you have to spend) The film is already way over budget. 超过/低于预算 |
| a tight budget (=a small amount of money) They run the magazine on a pretty tight budget. 钱很少；拮据 |
| | a | the amount of money a government has to spend 政府预算 | | education/health/defence etc budget There will be no further increase in the education budget. 教育预算将不再增加。 | | budget deficit (=the amount of money spent compared with the smaller amount that was available) The budget deficit needs to be reduced by some £12 billion. 预算赤字 | |
| | b | a statement about the financial position of the UK, given in a speech to Parliament every year and including details about future changes to taxes and public spending （英国）政府预算案 | |