budgeted

verb

past tense of budget
as in planned
to work out the details of (something) in advance the vacationers carefully budgeted how they would spend their limited time in Italy

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Recent Examples of budgeted This coming fiscal year, the airport has budgeted $333 million in capital funds for work on the third concourse and associated projects, according to Kronberg. — Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026 Peppered amid the challenges for 2025 were glimmers of hope through successes like Weapons ($270 million globally on a $38 million budget), while modestly budgeted reboots Freakier Friday and Final Destination Bloodlines also turned profits. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 Out of the total 8,500 positions budgeted for general duty police officers this year, about 700 are vacant. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 In November, Florida voters will have the chance to create a pathway to drastically change how local governments are budgeted by increasing the homestead exemption on primary residences from $50,000 currently to $250,000 by 2028. — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026 For the current four-year World Cup cycle, FIFA initially budgeted $11 billion in revenue and plans to distribute about $4 billion (36%) to national programs via development and educational grants. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The district budgeted around $92 million for the center and physical education building renovation. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 For software, cost per user can be calculated accurately and budgeted for on an annual basis. — Ameya Kanitkar, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Mayor James Butts said that the city has budgeted $125 million for the property, and to help the more than 20 small businesses in the area relocate. — Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for budgeted
  1. planned
  2. prepared
  3. designed
  4. organized
Verb
  • The Cinderella dress that Kaitlyn Argyriou’s mother had sewn for her as a child and which Argyriou’s daughter, Avery, 4, had planned to wear trick-or-treating in Colorado Springs on Halloween.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The production planned to grab exterior footage outside Broadway’s Music Box Theatre — the film’s principal location — before a New York City blizzard intervened.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of planned
Verb
  • As deputies prepared to have the vehicle towed, one found a small black pouch containing passports and a Social Security card.
    — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Part of our responsibility as leaders of the club is to be prepared.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of prepared
Verb
  • In a move away from the traditional group stages, the league phase is designed to be fair through a seeding system.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The approach is designed to increase the speed and scale of module production and installation while maintaining quality.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of designed
Verb
  • Many of them traveled to Orlando for a workout-and-hang Hurts organized over the summer.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Kids of mixed ages organized their own games and made up their own rules, while adults stayed mostly on the sidelines or stayed away entirely.
    — Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of organized

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“Budgeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budgeted. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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