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

But there are concerns about rising ticket prices and soaring production budgets, fueled by higher costs for labor, materials and energy. —

ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026 Lifting them up puts more money back into the economy, but both draft budgets whittle away at programs to help them. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026 The foundation states that winning teams are paired with professional mentors, supported in refining their budgets and project plans, and made eligible for grants of up to $1,000 to actually carry out their ideas. —

Ethan Stone, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026 The legislation would only allow local budgets to grow by 3% or the rate of inflation — whichever is lower — from one year to the next without risking a protest petition challenge. —

Matthew Kelly april 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2026 Emergency managers from several states say the funding backlog is having a ripple effect in communities, straining local budgets and delaying or potentially derailing disaster projects that have taken years to plan. —

Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026 The opportunity most education companies never look at While US schools brace for tighter budgets, demand for education around the world continues to grow. —

William Jones, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 This year's White House document is intended to provide a roadmap from the president to Congress as lawmakers build their own budgets and annual appropriations bills to keep the government funded. —

Lisa Mascaro, Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2026 Right now, Silicon Valley cities clamor for commercial development because their budgets depend on it. —

Russell Hancock, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 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

The ⁠source said that a big part of the new funds will come from a recent extension through 2050 of the eyewear licence agreement with Franco-Italian giant Essilorluxottica.

— Reuters, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
The sheriff’s office got approval last budget cycle from commissioners to secure funds for the grant, but the grant only opened in March 2026.

— Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026