as in planning
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 budgeting
The lesson involved budgeting for a car, saving and paying for college, according to Guinness.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Jan. 2025
Doing an extreme form of budgeting such as a full year of no-buy could actually lead you to spend more down the road, some experts warn.
—Allison McClain Merrill, Glamour, 2 Jan. 2025
Here are some tips covering everything from budgeting to estate planning from experts who are members of the CNBC FA Council.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
For instance, purchasing a vehicle requires budgeting for insurance, fuel, and servicing, while homeownership entails property taxes, utilities, and potential renovations.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
While almost all budgeters named some benefit from budgeting, just 8% of them said the habit helped reduce their financial stress.
—Dana Miranda, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
Trying to reject budgeting without a way to trust yourself could throw you right back into a cycle of splurging and restricting.
—Dana Miranda, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
Given that Congress closely guards its budgeting powers, at least some of these efforts may prove difficult to accomplish without engaging the formal legislative process.
—Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The incoming administration has made several allusions to the use of ZBB, which theoretically allows the government to clean the slate and determine which activities to fund versus simply adopting last year’s funding level, adjusting for inflation, and budgeting from there.
—Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Jan. 2025
Doing an extreme form of budgeting such as a full year of no-buy could actually lead you to spend more down the road, some experts warn.
—Allison McClain Merrill, Glamour, 2 Jan. 2025
Here are some tips covering everything from budgeting to estate planning from experts who are members of the CNBC FA Council.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
For instance, purchasing a vehicle requires budgeting for insurance, fuel, and servicing, while homeownership entails property taxes, utilities, and potential renovations.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
While almost all budgeters named some benefit from budgeting, just 8% of them said the habit helped reduce their financial stress.
—Dana Miranda, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
Trying to reject budgeting without a way to trust yourself could throw you right back into a cycle of splurging and restricting.
—Dana Miranda, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
Given that Congress closely guards its budgeting powers, at least some of these efforts may prove difficult to accomplish without engaging the formal legislative process.
—Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The incoming administration has made several allusions to the use of ZBB, which theoretically allows the government to clean the slate and determine which activities to fund versus simply adopting last year’s funding level, adjusting for inflation, and budgeting from there.
—Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for budgeting
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For new investors in their early 20s or 30s who have never experienced a market correction or for someone planning on retiring soon, experiencing a market correction can be very unsettling.—
Earl Carr,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The administration is planning a much broader reduction of its workforce.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Membership schools need to decide whether investing millions of dollars in high school sports should be about winning championships or preparing teenagers to be adults.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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As the case was preparing to go to trial, in May 2004, the parties settled.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Many probationary employees in the Science Mission Directorate, expecting not to come back the following week, spent Valentine’s Day and the weekend organizing their work and sending it to others, unprompted.—
David W. Brown,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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In response, a group of Catholics are organizing a counter protest at the same time.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Budgeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budgeting. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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