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bud·ge·teer | \ ˌbə-jə-ˈtir 
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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
Recent Examples on the Web The shortfall led budgeteers to make cuts across several departments — convention facilities, arts and culture, history and preservation and international affairs.
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Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, "Implosion of tourism industry caused by coronavirus leaves gaping hole in San Antonio budget," 9 Apr. 2020 Europe’s budgeteers must have missed the economic research suggesting that balancing the books by raising taxes is self-defeating as slower growth weighs on revenue.
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The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Europe’s Growth Problem in Italian," 23 Oct. 2018 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.
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Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, "Why California’s good economic times aren’t better," 13 May 2017
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The first known use of budgeteer was circa 1841
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