underbudget
Cheaper than planned
Under budget means costing less than the amount allocated or planned for a project or purchase.
A film that comes in underbudget has money left over from its production fund.
The term functions as an adverb or adjective: The renovation was completed underbudget and ahead of schedule.
Often written as two words: under budget.
Amount exceeding requirement
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- thriftCareful use of resources
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
prudence · efficiency · lean · cost-effective · streamlining · optimization · belt-tightening · reserve
Cutting away excess
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- reductionsActs of lessening
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
paring · curtailment · pruning · economizing · cost-cutting · slashing · eliminating · deferring
Insufficiently financially supported
- undersuppliedGiven too little
- underfinancedInsufficiently funded
- underresourcedLacking necessary means
- insufficientBelow required quantity
inadequate · lacking · scarcity · deficiency · gap · compromise · sacrifice · bare-bones
Extent or range
- deliverablesContracted work products owed
- milestonesNotable points of progress
- procurementObtaining goods externally
- contractorHired construction professional
bid · estimate · allocation · tracking · planning · feasibility · stakeholder · phase
surplus
Amount exceeding requirement
economizing · prudence · efficiency · lean · cost-effective · streamlining · optimization · belt-tightening · reserve · underspend
trimming
Cutting away excess
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- reductionsActs of lessening
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
consolidation · paring · curtailment · pruning · economizing · cost-cutting · slashing · eliminating · deferring · postponing
underfunded
Insufficiently financially supported
- undersuppliedGiven too little
- underfinancedInsufficiently funded
- underresourcedLacking necessary means
insufficient · inadequate · lacking · scarcity · deficiency · gap · compromise · sacrifice · bare-bones · stripped-down
scope
Extent or range
- deliverablesContracted work products owed
- milestonesNotable points of progress
- procurementObtaining goods externally
contractor · bid · estimate · allocation · tracking · planning · feasibility · stakeholder · phase · completion
underbudgetoverbudget
Exceeding allocated funds
overspent · budget overrun · cost overrun · overspending · in the red