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- an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time预算（案）：
keep within the household budget.
控制在家庭预算之内。
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Budget
an annual or other regular estimate of national revenue and expenditure put forward by a finance minister, including details of changes in taxation国家预算。
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- the amount of money needed or available for a particular purpose（为某目的而拨的）款项, 专款：
they have a limited budget.
他们可用的款项有限。
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- archaic a quantity of material, typically that which is written or printed〈古〉一批材料（尤指书面或印刷材料）。
(budgeted, budgeting)no obj.
1- allow or provide for in a budget编入预算：
the university is budgeting for a deficit
该大学在预算时已准备有赤字
as adj. budgeted a budgeted figure of £31,000一个总额为31,000英镑的预算
as noun budgeting corporate planning and budgeting.公司的规划和预算。
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- with obj. provide (a sum of money) for a particular purpose from a budget从预算中拨（款）：
the council proposes to budget £100,000 to provide grants.
理事会建议在预算中安排100,000 英镑的拨款。
短语
on a budget
- with a restricted amount of money花钱不多：
we're travelling on a budget.
我们旅游时精打细算。
派生词
budgetary
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge 'leather bag'， from Latin bulga 'leather bag， knapsack'， of Gaulish origin. Compare with BULGE. The word originally meant a pouch or wallet， and later its contents. In the mid 18th cent., the Chancellor of the Exchequer， in presenting his annual statement， was said 'to open the budget'. In the late 19th cent. the use of the term was extended from governmental to private or commercial finances.