budgeteer
noun
bud·ge·teer
ˌbə-jə-ˈtir 
variants
or less commonly budgeter
1
: one who prepares a budget
2
: one who is restricted to a budget
Examples of budgeteer in a Sentence
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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, 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.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 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.
—Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 13 May 2017
Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 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.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 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.
—Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 13 May 2017
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“Budgeteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budgeteer. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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