Synonyms of budgets

budgets 1 of 2

noun

plural of budget

1

as in funds

a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose

we've spent a little more than our budget this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funds
• deposits
• savings
• accounts
• pools
• collections
• nest eggs
• kitties
• assets
• coffers
• savings accounts
• chests
• reserves
• pocketbooks
• bankrolls
• cushions
• treasures
• hoards
• pin money
• caches
• spending moneys
• pocket moneys
• petty cashes

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• supplies
• inventories
• funds
• repertoires
• pools
• reservoirs
• stocks
• resources
• forces
• sources
• reserves
• stockpiles
• hoards
• replacements
• purses
• renewals
• caches
• fountains
• mines
• refills
• wells
• springs
• pots
• nest eggs
• kitties
• wellsprings

budgets

2 of 2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plans
• designs
• plots
• prepares
• projects
• charts
• organizes
• arranges
• shapes
• maps (out)
• schemes (out)
• calculates
• outlines
• devises
• blueprints
• choreographs
• drafts
• frames
• lays out
• strategizes (about)
• concerts
• figures
• intrigues
• sketches
• contemplates
• conspires
• aims
• intends
• contrives
• has on
• machinates
• means
• gets up
• premeditates
• meditates
• puts up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of budgets

Noun

Morale will need tweaking, budgets adjusting and a slew of new lunches will be scheduled. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

What’s more, many creators have moved from a position of authenticity to becoming a primary distribution vehicle for ad budgets. — William Daddi, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Housing costs squeeze younger Americans Younger people spend more of their budgets on housing, which largely accounts for the generational divide in affordability, Zandi said. — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

School board trustees are elected volunteers who shape district budgets and policies and hire a superintendent who guides day-to-day decisions. — Sophia Veneziano, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026

Sacramento City Unified has asked principals to propose 10% cuts to school budgets this year, setting a $2 million target for reductions to school-site non-personnel spending as the district works through a fiscal crisis. — Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026

State Auditor Dave Boliek separately said his office is reviewing a broad range of CMS records, including budgets, contracts and other financial documents. — Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026

Slaton attributed part of the decline to customers with less money to spend as food, housing and gas prices strain their budgets. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Why small indulgences fit the trend Little rewards keep holding their ground even when bigger budgets tighten. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

Verb

Three proposals, if adopted, would amend the state’s constitution to change how Florida collects taxes and budgets its money. — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

The Plaza Midwood Neighborhood Association budgets more than $13,000 every year just for watering, according to Tanya Wilson, the neighborhood association’s immediate past president. — Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026

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

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