budget approval
Financial plan ratification
Budget approval is formal authorization to spend money according to a proposed plan.
Organizations require budget approval before departments can make purchases or hire staff.
The process typically involves review by managers, finance teams, or boards: We can't move forward until we get budget approval.
The project stalled waiting for budget approval from the committee.
- financial reportSummary of monetary status
- funding requestAppeal for financial support
- greenlightAuthorization to proceed
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- cost analysisSystematic review of expenses
line item · committee hearings · debate · sign-off · final say · authorization · appropriations · amendments · oversight committee · red tape · reconciliation · spending bill · vote · quorum · spreadsheet · cost-benefit analysis · public accountability · resource allocation
- HOAhomeowners association, condo association, HOA, CC&Rs, covenants
- Senatesenate seat, Senate floor, senior senator, Senate chamber, confirmation hearings
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- budgetsbudgets, expenditures, expenses, allocations, appropriations
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- Congress powersspending power, declare war, impeachment, lawmaking, appropriations
budget approvalspending freeze
Halt to disbursements
budget freeze · budget cuts · austerity measures · fiscal restraint · government shutdown