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