budgetary constraints
Financial spending caps
Budgetary constraints are limitations on spending imposed by available funds.
Organizations and governments operate within budgetary constraints when they must balance competing priorities against finite resources: Budgetary constraints forced the school to cut arts programs.
The phrase often explains why something desirable cannot happen: We'd love to hire more staff, but budgetary constraints won't allow it.
- spending capsMaximum permitted expenditures
- inflationSustained price level increase
- prioritizationRanking by importance
- making ends meetEarning enough to survive
- trade-offsSacrifices for gains
cost analysis · bottom line · austerity measures · forecasting · fiscal discipline · deficit reduction · red ink · capital investment · rainy day fund · belt-tightening · cutting corners · savings plans · financial modeling · cost-benefit analysis · risk assessments · opportunity costs · recession · public debt
- municipal financemunicipal bonds, bond issue, tax levy, local taxation, tax revenue
- public financepublic debt, tax revenue, expenditure, public spending, national debt
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Unrestricted authority document
deep pockets · financial freedom · carte blanche · budget surplus · money to burn
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