Thesaurus results for BUDGETS

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noun

Definition of budgets next

plural of budget

as in funds

a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose we've spent a little more than our budget this year

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as in supplies

the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time the tour group had a whole budget of complaints

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budgets

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verb

present tense third-person singular of budget

as in plans

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 budgets

Noun

Stadium funding doesn’t come directly out of school budgets but through mechanisms such as hotel and alcohol taxes and state lotteries. —

Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026 Property tax protest petition The bill factors in inflation, allowing local governments to increase their budgets annually by the lesser of 3% or the Midwest Consumer Price Index for the preceding year without opening themselves up to a budget challenge. —

Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026 As someone who has spent years running a nonprofit—scrutinizing budgets, tracking impact, and deciding where every dollar goes furthest—she’s perhaps better placed than most to do the math. —

Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026 The commission establishes hunting and fishing regulations, sets seasons and budgets and oversees other administrative duties for the department. —

Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026 So, the conflict’s initial hit to house hunters’ budgets is only a 2% increase. —

Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026 The complexity of juggling multiple agencies, budgets, and timelines can lead to inefficiency, miscommunication, and production outcomes that fail to deliver their full potential. —

Jason Phillips, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026 Property taxes in particular represent a major ongoing expense for Fort Worth homeowners, one that can significantly shape monthly budgets. —

System Process, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026 Officials said the tax measures are necessary to protect the city’s budgets. —

Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026

Verb

The city budgets $250,000 each year for rebates. —

Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026 The Elections Department typically budgets $300,000 per year for such efforts. —

Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026 The United States, which leads the ranking, budgets almost $900 billion for its military. —

Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025 Shotts, who shares her grocery savings tips on a video blog called VloggswithBecks, budgets $120 in groceries for two weeks for herself and her husband. —

Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025 The city budgets annually for legal purposes and is also taking cost-saving measures this year to help cover the full cost of the payment, according to a spokesperson for the mayor. —

Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025 New York currently budgets just $1 million to fund a guardianship hotline, and the legal arrangements receive little official oversight, with responsibility for people’s wellbeing spread among the courts, nonprofit organizations, private lawyers and companies. —

Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for budgets

Noun

Steyer told the outlet the funds existed to provide a vehicle for foreign investors rather than to dodge taxes.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Any unused funds from this fiscal year will go back into the district’s general fund balance.

— Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026