Thesaurus results for BUDGETS

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noun

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 with Wild Atlantic moving into higher profile projects with bigger budgets, it was felt there was space to support smaller, more daring indie features, often from first-time directors. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 July 2026 Some native provider budgets are soft thresholds that notify rather than stop usage. — Emily Lewis-Pinnell, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Inflation also remains well above the Fed's target, pressuring household budgets. — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 July 2026 Comprehensive budgeting toolkit PocketGuard’s primary purpose is to allow customers to track their budgets and spending to improve their cash flow. — Catherine Collins, USA Today, 10 July 2026 The recent Citizens rate cuts help, but paying triple the national rate is still breaking household budgets. — Oliver Adams Larkin, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2026 However, Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deals in college now and the expansion of NIL budgets might affect those options. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026 The Saturday morning series, which ran from 1986 to 1991, was gleefully surreal, sending Venkman, Egon and company into increasingly bizarre supernatural adventures unconstrained by live-action budgets. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026 Reluctant non-tech clients who don’t see AI adding ROI may cut their AI token budgets. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Verb

The report said the city council budgets $500,000 a year for investigations, and in a typical year, $200,000-$300,000 is used. — Nina Burns, CBS News, 26 June 2026 The city budgets $250,000 each year for rebates. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026 With corporate sustainability targets off pace, budgets tight and near‑term hiring often untenable, increasing the bandwidth of existing teams is critical. — William Crane, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 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

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Noun

In all, the foundation, backed by multi-billionaires Henry and Susan Samueli, said the two funds will give about $15 million to 89 nonprofits.

— Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
As the original letter noted, the daughter-in-law and son are paying quite a lot of money for the mother’s care because the mother doesn’t have the funds.

— Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2026

Definition of funds

Noun

The team also works to make sure the rescue workers have the tools, food, supplies and transportation while abroad, as well as oversee the trip back home.

— Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The clinic offers vaccinations for dogs and cats, rabies vaccinations, licensing, microchips, pet food and other supplies.

— Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026

Definition of supplies

Verb

The company now plans to demonstrate how the same autonomous technologies can improve aircraft inspection and maintenance.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
The documents say the company plans to build seven pump stations, three of them located on federal land managed by the agency.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of plans

Noun

On top of this, subterranean drip systems often clog with mineral deposits, sediment, and algae, which Nad warns may eventually require repairs or replacement of portions of the system, particularly in areas with hard water or poor filtration.

— Kamron Sanders, The Spruce, 13 July 2026
Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in southern Utah have ancient cliff dwellings, petroglyphs and scenic canyons, as well as coal and uranium deposits that state officials want made available for development.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026

Definition of deposits

Noun

Pipeline line fill, tank bottoms and other operational inventories are often carried on company balance sheets but generate little direct revenue.

— Mia Gindis, Fortune, 9 July 2026
That persistent threat kept oil prices high through March, April and May, sending gas prices surging and global oil inventories to dangerously low levels.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of inventories

Verb

Fukasawa, who is famous for his Wall-Mounted CD Player for Muji and Hiroshima chair for Japanese firm Maruni, also designs products for Alessi.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 July 2026
Some build it for others, like K2 Space, which designs unusually large, low-cost satellite buses sized for the heavy lift Starship is meant to unlock.

— Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of designs

Noun

Over the ensuing decades, the young nation incorporated the musical repertoires, instruments and expressions of immigrants from various European and African groups.

— Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Learning a dozen-plus pitchers, getting a grasp on their repertoires, determining how they can best be handled and what makes each tick was a challenge, along with understanding how the Rays do things.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026

Definition of repertoires

Verb

While Burnham plots his next move, the UK government now enters a new period of uncertainty, potentially facing a sixth prime minister in seven years.

— Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
An engineer plots a well’s falling output, fits a curve, and projects it forward.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

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