Definition of Budget

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Budget

A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions.

The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries.

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Budget Quotations

How many people out there really set a budget?
Nelly

The budget should be balanced. Public debt should be reduced. The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered, and assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development assistance separate from the budget. So all the economic aid we receive is for development assistance.
Jose Ramos-Horta

This nation's 23 million small businesses need a budget that reflects their value to the economy.
Solomon Ortiz

It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.
George W. Bush

Budget Translations

budget in Afrikaans is begroting
budget in Dutch is budget, begroting
budget in French is budgetent, budgetez, budgeter, budget, budgetons
budget in German is haushalten, Etat, Etat, Budget
budget in Italian is governo della casa
budget in Spanish is presupuesto


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