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