I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ fixed , limited , low , modest , shoestring , small , tight
▪
The film was was made on a shoestring ~.
▪ big , generous , huge , large
▪ annual , monthly , weekly , etc.
▪ overall , total
▪ entire
▪ operating
▪
The museum's operating ~ for 2008 is just over $2 million.
▪ family , household , personal
▪ city ( AmE ), council ( BrE ), federal , government , municipal ( AmE ), national , state
▪
Military spending accounts for around 17% of the federal ~.
▪ defence/defense , education , health , housing ( BrE ), intelligence , military , social-security ( BrE ), welfare
▪ ad ( AmE ), advertising , marketing , research , training
▪ school
▪ capital
▪ draft
VERB + BUDGET
▪ get , have
▪
The organization has a large annual ~.
▪ allocate , draw up , plan , set
▪
The city has drawn up its ~ for next year.
▪ present , propose , submit
▪ approve , pass ( AmE )
▪ balance
▪
The school has a struggle to balance its ~.
▪ adhere to ( esp. AmE ), keep to , meet , stick to
▪
Work out a weekly ~ and stick to it.
▪ control , manage
▪
The IT department manages its own ~.
▪ strain , stretch
▪ blow , bust ( esp. AmE ), exceed , go over , overspend
▪ cut , reduce , slash , trim
▪ boost , double , increase
▪ fit
▪
a product to fit all ~s
▪ spend
▪
They spent their entire ~ on a new kitchen.
BUDGET + NOUN
▪ expenditure
▪ deficit , shortfall
▪
The annual ~ deficit for 2008 could run as high as $12.8 billion.
▪ surplus
▪ constraint , limit
▪ cuts
▪ plans , proposals
▪ allocation
▪ request ( AmE )
▪ crisis
▪ Budget Day (= when the British government announces its budget)
▪ director ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ over ~ , under ~
▪
The project is now well over ~.
▪
Costs have been held under ~.
▪ on ~ , within ~
▪
All his projects are on time and on ~.
▪
to keep within ~
▪ in the ~
▪
Is there any money left in the ~?
▪ on a ~
▪
This hotel caters for people on a tight ~.
▪ ~ for
▪
The ~ for next year has not yet been set.
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of $5 000
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ carefully , sensibly
▪
If we ~ carefully we should be able to afford a new car.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
We have ~ed $10 000 for advertising.
III.
adj.
Budget is used with these nouns: ↑ airline , ↑ CD , ↑ flight , ↑ price , ↑ traveller