budget

1. N-COUNT Your budget is the amount of money that you have available to spend. The budget for something is the amount of money that a person, organization, or country has available to spend on it. 預算[商業]

She will design a fantastic new kitchen for you – and all within your budget. 她將爲你設計一個嶄新的漂亮廚房–所有的花費都將在你的預算之內。

Someone had furnished the place on a tight budget. 有人用不多的錢把那個地方佈置了一下。

2. N-COUNT The budget of an organization or country is its financial situation, considered as the difference between the money it receives and the money it spends. (機搆、政府等的) 財政收支狀況[商業]

The hospital obviously needs to balance the budget each year. 該毉院顯然每年都需要平衡其財務收支。

3. V-T/V-I If you budget certain amounts of money for particular things, you decide that you can afford to spend those amounts on those things. 安排開支; 編制預算

The company has budgeted $10 million for advertising. 公司已經安排了1千萬美元的廣告預算。

The film is only budgeted at $10 million. 這部電影的預算衹有1千萬美元。

I'm learning how to budget. 我正在學習怎樣編制預算。

4. budgetingN-UNCOUNT 預算

We have continued to exercise caution in our budgeting for the current year. 在今年的預算方麪，我們繼續小心謹慎。

5. ADJ Budget is used in advertising to suggest that something is being sold cheaply. 價格低廉的[ADJ n]

Cheap flights are available from budget travel agents from $240. 起價$240的廉價機票可從一些經濟旅行社那裡買到。