budgetnoun/ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪt/

• 1

  The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.

  • limited budget
  • unlimited budget
• 2

  A relatively small amount of available money.

  • We're on a budget, so we can't afford to eat at that restaurant.
• 3

  An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.

• 4

  obsoleteA wallet, purse or bag.

  • With that out of his bouget forth he drew / Great store of treasure, therewith him to tempt […]
  • The Bread of my Companions vvas halfe baked Dough, of round forme, vvhich they bake vvith putting a hot ſtone into the Dough, and rolling it, caſt it into the fire, ſo that the out-ſide is ſcorched, the in-ſide unbaked. This they carried in their Budgets, but my ſtomacke could not beare it.
• 5

  obsoleteA compact collection of things.

  • I set off, therefore, in high spirits, for I felt that I had done good work and was bringing back a fine budget of news for my companions.
• 6

  obsoletegovernmentmilitarypoliticsA socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests.

budgetadj/ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪt/

• 1

  Appropriate to a restricted budget.

  • We flew on a budget airline.
  • A classic budget game, there isn't really anything outstanding about Rescue at all.

budgetverb/ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪt/

• 1

  To construct or draw up a budget.

  • Budgeting is even harder in times of recession
• 2

  To provide funds, allow for in a budget.

  • The PM’s pet projects are budgeted rather generously
• 3

  To plan for the use of in a budget.

  • The prestigious building project is budgeted in great detail, from wharf facilities to the protocolary opening.