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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Budget \Budg"et\, n. [OE. bogett bouget, F. bougette bag, wallet, dim. of OF boge, bouge, leather bag. See {Budge}, n., and cf {Bouget}.] 1. A bag or sack with its contents; hence a stock or store; an accumulation; as a budget of inventions. 2. The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries. {To open the budget}, to lay before a legislative body the financial estimates and plans of the executive government. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: budget n 1: a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose; "the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year" 2: a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them "the president submitted the annual budget to Congress" v : make a budget
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