词组 | budget |
释义 | budget /ˈbʌdʒət, ˈbʌdʒɪt/ noun the money that is available to someone, or a plan of how it will be spentadjectives/nouns + budgetan annual/monthly/weekly budget The organization has an annual budget of $24 million. | Have a weekly budget, and try not to spend more than this.a big/large budget He does not have enough experience to manage a large budget.a small/low/limited budget If you have a limited budget, this is a good machine to buy.a tight budget (=small for what you want to do) Most young people have to live within a tight budget.a fixed budget Our clients usually have a fixed budget.a shoestring budget (=very small) The film had been made on a shoestring budget.a total/overall budget The National Institute of Health had a total budget of $11 billion. | There has been an increase in the overall budget made available by the government for training.the family/household budget Often the husband and wife contribute equally to the family budget.the government/national/federal/state budget He has a plan to balance the federal budget.the defence/education/welfare etc budget The government had to make cuts in the defence budget.the training/advertising/research etc budget Most of the advertising budget is spent on TV promotion.verbshave a budget I have a budget of 5,000 euros to buy a new car.give sb/get a budget They were given a budget of $20 million.overspend your budget The school has overspent its budget by £10,000.keep/stay within a budget (=spend only the money that is available) Further cuts are needed in order to keep within the budget.balance the budget (=spend only the money that is available) They have to save 8 million euros to balance the budget.manage/control a budget In many homes, it is the woman who controls the budget.set a budget (=decide how much it will be) We set the budget at the beginning of the financial year.reduce/increase a budget The health budget was increased by 6%.slash a budget (=reduce it by a lot) Budgets have been slashed and hundreds of people are going to lose their jobs.budget + nounsbudget cuts (=reductions in the amount of money that is available) The department has suffered severe budget cuts.a budget deficit/shortfall (=when a government has spent more money than it has) The country has a budget deficit of over $4 billion.a budget surplus (=when a government has more money than it spends) A huge budget surplus of over £16 billion was recorded.budget constraints (=limits to how much you can spend) Budget constraints mean that training is limited.prepositionsa budget for sth We only have a small budget for furniture.within budget (=not spending more than you planned) The project was completed within budget.under budget (=spending less than you planned) If you come in under budget, everyone will be very impressed.over budget (=spending more than you planned) Feature movies always run over budget.on a budget of $100/£50/€1,000 etc She has to feed her family on a budget of less than £50 per week.on a budget (=with only a small amount of money) We’ll show you how to arrange a wedding on a budget. |
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