budget
['bʌdʒ.ɪt] noun
ESSENTIAL countable or uncountable
■a plan to show how much money a person or organization will earn and how much they will need or be able to spend 预算•The firm has drawn up a budget for the coming financial year.公司草拟了下一财政年度的预算方案。 •Libraries are finding it increasingly difficult to remain within (their) budget.图书馆感到想把支出维持在预算之内越来越难。 ESSENTIAL countable
■the amount of money you have available to spend 预算费•an annual budget of £40 million每年4000万英镑的预算
['bʌdʒ.ɪt] verb intransitive or transitive
IMPROVER
■to plan how much money you will spend on something 制订预算，计划（开支）•An extra £20 million has been budgeted for schools this year.今年学校预算增加了2000万英镑。
['bʌdʒ.ɪt] adjective [before noun]
■very cheap 低廉的•a budget holiday/hotel/price廉价旅行渡假／廉价旅馆／低廉的价格 |