budget : Idioms & Phrases
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balanced budget
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noun a budget is balanced when current expenditures are equal to receipts
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budget cut
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noun the act of reducing budgeted expenditures
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budget deficit
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noun an excess of expenditures over revenues
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budget for
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verb calculate enough money for; provide for in the budget
- I have not budgeted for these expensive meals
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budget items
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noun the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
operating cost; overhead; operating expense.
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fuss-budget
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noun thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
worrier; worrywart; fusspot.
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low-budget
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adjective satellite made on or suited to a limited budget
- a low-budget movie
- a low-budget menu
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office of management and budget
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noun the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget
OMB.
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operating budget
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noun a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements
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To open the budget
- to lay before a legislative body the financial estimates and plans of the executive government.
