budgeteer

noun

bud·ge·teer | \ ˌbə-jə-ˈtir

variants: or less commonly budgeter \ˈbə-jə-tər

Definition of budgeteer

1 : one who prepares a budget

2 : one who is restricted to a budget

Examples of budgeteer in a Sentence

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Those jobs are being driven away to other states with better business climates, and the jobs that are left in California pay less than our budgeteers expected. — Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, "Why California’s good economic times aren’t better," 13 May 2017

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