budget
Planned income allocation
A budget is a plan for spending money over a period of time, allocating funds across categories like rent, food, and entertainment.
Governments pass budgets; households keep them.
As an adjective, budget means inexpensive or economy-class: budget airline, budget hotel.
To budget is to plan expenditures or set aside money: We budgeted for a new car.
Maximum allowed extent
- capCovering for top
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- restrictionLimit on action
cutback · shortfall · deficit · squeeze · crunch · tight · stretch · shoestring
Distribution of shares
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
strategy · roadmap · framework · proposal · objectives · goals · outline · schedule
Unauthorized claiming or allocation
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- congressionalOf a legislature
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- treasuryStored organizational funds
fiscal · deficit · surplus · sequestration · omnibus · bipartisan · discretionary · mandatory
Money paid out
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- rentPayment for temporary use
- groceriesFood bought at stores
bills · utilities · mortgage · allowance · spreadsheet · paycheck · monthly · weekly
Low in price
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- inexpensiveLow in cost
- low-costRequiring little money
- discountReduced price offered
bargain · value · no-frills · basic · thrifty · cost-effective · reasonable · modest
limit
Maximum allowed extent
restriction · cutback · shortfall · deficit · squeeze · crunch · tight · stretch · shoestring · bare-bones
allocation
Distribution of shares
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
blueprint · strategy · roadmap · framework · proposal · objectives · goals · outline · schedule · timetable
appropriation
Unauthorized claiming or allocation
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- congressionalOf a legislature
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
treasury · fiscal · deficit · surplus · sequestration · omnibus · bipartisan · discretionary · mandatory · entitlement
expense
Money paid out
bills · groceries · utilities · mortgage · allowance · spreadsheet · paycheck · monthly · weekly · tracking
cheap
Low in price
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- inexpensiveLow in cost
- low-costRequiring little money
discount · bargain · value · no-frills · basic · thrifty · cost-effective · reasonable · modest · accessible
- businesscompany, corporation, firm, enterprise, commerce
- business financeaccounting, balance sheet, revenue stream, profit margin, net profit
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
- financial termswealth, asset, currency, balance sheet, audit
budgetextravagant
Exceeding sensible bounds
splurge · lavish · spendthrift · profligate · wasteful
- low budgetLacking substantial funding
- tight budgetSeverely limited funds
- budget cutsPlanned spending reductions
- budget airlinesCheap air travel companies
- shoestring budgetExtremely limited financial resources
- household budgetingManaging family income allocation
budgeting, budgeted, budgets, budgetary, budgetwise, overbudgeted, budget-priced, underbudgeted, budget cuts