1 a plan of how to spend an amount of money over a particular period of time; the amount of money that is mentioned 支出的预算;预算款项:
What's your monthly budget for food?你每月饮食开支的预算是多少?a country's defence budget一个国家的国防预算The work was finished on time and within budget.工作及时完成,开支没有超过预算。The builders are already 20% over budget.建筑商的开支已经超出预算20%。
2 (also Budget) a statement by a government saying how much money it plans to spend on particular things in the next year and how it plans to collect money (政府的)财政预算案:
Do you think taxes will go up in this year's budget?你认为本年度的预算案会增加税收吗?
budget²
/ˈbʌdʒɪt ||; ˈbʌdʒɪt/verb
[I,T] budget (sth) (for sth) to plan carefully how much money to spend on sth 制订预算;编列预算:
The government has budgeted £10 billion for education.政府对教育拨款的预算是100亿英镑。
budget³
/ˈbʌdʒɪt ||; ˈbʌdʒɪt/adj
(informal 非正式) (used in advertisements) very cheap (广告用语)经济的,便宜的:
budget holidays经济型度假
budget1/ˋbʌdʒIt; ˈbʌdʒət or ˈbʌdʒIt/n [C] 1 the money that is available to an organization or person, or a plan of how it will be spent 预算: +of We have a budget of £100 a week for food. 我们每周在食物上的预算是 100 英镑。defence/education/training etc budget an increase in the public health budget 公共卫生预算的增加over/under budget (=spending more or less than what was planned) 高于/低于预算 The project's gone over budget again. 这个项目又超出预算了。The mayor is raising taxes in order to balance the budget (=not spend more than is available). 市长为了平衡预算打算加税。families on a tight budget (=with only a small amount of money to spend) 经济拮据的家庭 2 BrE 【英】 also 又作 Budget an official statement that a government makes about how much it intends to spend and what taxes will be necessary〔政府的〕预算
budget2v [I] to carefully plan and control how you will spend your money 制订预算; 按预算来安排开支: +for We’ve budgeted for a new car next year. 我们有预算明年买一辆新车。
budget3adj very low in price – used in advertisements 经济的﹐特价的﹐便宜的〔用于广告中〕: a budget flight 廉价航班
budgetbudgetbudgetsnouna plan of how much money you will have and how you will spend it: We have a weekly budget for food.▶ budgetverb (budgets, budgeting, budgeted): I am budgeting very carefully because I want to buy a new car.