budget
part of speech
noun (a budget, budgets); verb (budget, budgets, budgeted, budgeting); adjective (budget — cheap)
meaning for a pupil
1) A budget is a plan for how much money you will spend and save. tree →
2) A budget is the amount of money you have to spend on something. tree →
3) To budget means to plan carefully how to spend money or time. tree →
4) Budget as an adjective means cheap, as in a budget hotel. tree →
5) A budget can also mean a bag or pack that a traveller carries. tree →
sense in the lessons
In money lessons and maths, pupils plan a budget for a party or trip, add up costs and check they stay within budget. In everyday life families budget for food and bills. Phrases: on a budget, over budget, within budget, budget for.
examples
- We have a budget of 20 dollars for the class party. tree →
- Mum makes a budget every month. tree →
- The trip went over budget. tree →
- Let's budget our money so we can buy a gift too. tree →
- We stayed in a budget hotel. tree →
- If the budget is 50 pounds and the food costs 35, we have 15 left. tree →
- Budget your time so you finish your project. tree →
- A poor tinker, who was passing by, lifted up the pudding, and, putting it into his budget, he then walked off. tree →
note
Countable noun; verb: budgeted (one t), budgeting. In maths, money left = budget minus total spent; if spent is more than the budget, you are over budget.
In the corpora
- A budget starts with the money coming in, takes away the bills, and what is left is for extras and saving.
- "Budget-conscious" means poor or unwilling to spend.
- "Efficiency savings" means budget cuts (UK).
- "Efficiency savings" means budget cuts; "streamlining" and "rightsizing" mean cutting jobs.
- A budget is a plan for how you will spend and save your money.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «budget» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.