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

Working without Hollywood’s franchise infrastructure or Marvel-scale production budgets, Korean artists couldn’t paper over a weak story with expensive spectacle. —

Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026 That change has brought layoffs and smaller travel budgets, both dampening San Jose’s conference and convention recovery, Bellisario said. —

Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026 Attacks on oil infrastructure risk extending the fuel shortage and prolonging a potential bout of inflation, which would strain household budgets and shrink economic output, some analysts said. —

Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026 Stagnant ridership and ballooning budgets have left agencies deeply strained. —

Catherine Blakespear, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026 Fuel budgets, repositioning costs, itinerary planning. —

David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2026 Rising gas prices—now nearing $4 a gallon—are squeezing North Texans, forcing drivers to rethink commutes, budgets, and daily routines. —

Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026 Another producer, who reviewed several recent film budgets, suggests fuel can account for roughly half a percent of production costs, not including travel and living expenses—small enough to avoid panic, but large enough to matter when margins are tight. —

Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026 Your 2nd House of Materials begins hosting the Moon today, drawing attention to budgets and routines that build security without stealing focus from larger goals. —

Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 14 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

The Olathe community has flocked to show their support by donating funds and volunteering to prepare and purchase meals for the woman’s family.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
The organization has a yearly budget of almost $3 million and is funded by grants, school district funds, donations and fees charged to parents for the afterschool programs.

— Harry Harris, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026