budget
The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
Other meanings
A relatively small amount of available money.
“We're on a budget, so we can't afford to eat at that restaurant.”
An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "bulga" (leather bag, bellow).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “budget” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.