budgeting

verb

present participle of budget
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 What to consider when researching home warranty plans A home warranty is best employed as a budgeting tool, not an overall promise of repairing or replacing all your out-of-service appliances and systems. — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Parents who once spent an hour in a Target aisle are budgeting like accountants. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026 That can mean sharing the story of how the family built its wealth, including the sacrifices involved, teaching budgeting and investing early, and involving children in charitable decisions long before any inheritance is on the table. — Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 According to a recent PwC consumer survey, 73% of parents plan to use AI somewhere in their back-to-school shopping journey, whether that's researching products, comparing prices, budgeting or finding discounts. — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Results and forecasts from retail giants Target and Walmart could provide more insight into how households are budgeting and spending. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Instead of budgeting for $1,800 in tissues, the school insists on agitating parents all summer over crap like this. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 That said, budgeting for many of the additional measures outlined in the plan remains unclear, according to Le Monde. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 27 July 2026 That approach can make budgeting more predictable and help agencies identify unused or underutilized licenses before committing to additional purchases. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for budgeting
  1. planning
  2. designing
  3. preparing
  4. organizing
Verb
  • The president is planning to take the stage both nights of the convention, giving a keynote address Wednesday and then closing remarks after Vice President JD Vance gives his own speech the following night.
    — Will Weissert, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Louisiana site moves forward The company is also planning a technology-neutral screening of available small modular reactor designs.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of planning
Verb
  • Broadcom has been one of the major winners of the AI boom, designing custom chips for companies including Google, Meta and OpenAI.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • For this reason, Triola’s belief that a machine’s aggregation acumen presents chefs with an innovative tool for designing recipes strikes me as misguided.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of designing
Verb
  • There was nothing fluky about the victory Western Michigan was preparing to celebrate.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • But behind the crisp white tablecloths, strict dress code and expensive steak dinners was a kitchen full of immigrant workers washing dishes, preparing food and keeping the restaurant running.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of preparing
Verb
  • Party discord has also been a problem as leaders like Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, have developed their own fundraising and organizing infrastructure to harness political support independent of the state party.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The intimate gathering — a salon of sorts — harkened back to Steinem’s history of organizing women like this.
    — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of organizing

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