Thesaurus results for BUDGETS

budgets 1 of 2

noun

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

That protects state budgets but leaves businesses within their borders with less money to invest. — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 Bond yields in France, for example, ticked up to their highest levels since 2002 on Wednesday, exerting more pressure on government budgets. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 For readers watching household budgets, the math favors incremental change. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Publicly reported crime — in a place where residents have far bigger budgets than any law enforcement agency in the country — is reported to be nonexistent. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026 Their limited budgets also have required both to identify which castoffs elsewhere could become valuable contributors. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 That has prompted a surge in gasoline prices that have been a direct hit to household budgets. — ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026 Amer sees tighter financing as potentially pushing filmmakers toward lower budgets and different creative choices, including genre films. — Essie Assibu, Variety, 23 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

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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for budgets

Noun

Over the past two months, amid efforts to find what could be more than $20 billion to recapitalize insurance funds, Walter has sold his controlling interest in the Lakers and a minority share of Chelsea, the English Premier League club.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
As of the 2024-25 school year, the public school per-pupil cost in Miami-Dade was about $12,500 in federal, state and local funds, per state figures.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of funds

Noun

Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Oil prices year-to-date The pullback followed a sharp rally on Friday after attacks by Yemen's Houthi militants on Saudi Arabia reignited fears of disruptions to global energy supplies.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
From delivering supplies to protecting ships The platform already has experience in military logistics.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of supplies

Verb

New safety requirements apply What sets the aircraft apart is its enhanced angle-of-attack system, which Boeing plans to introduce across the 737 MAX family.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
The company has about 40 employees across San Francisco and New York and plans to reach around 75 by the end of the year.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of plans

Noun

If possible, transition to point-of-service collections or require upfront deposits for large projects.

— Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The brand’s Peptide Detox shampoo, which adsorbs hard water deposits to thoroughly clean hair, has amassed 238,000 impressions on TikTok this month and can consistently be found topping the app’s section for popular searches.

— Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of deposits

Noun

The framework Jalan laid out starts with the traditional discipline of planning buffer inventories around important and high-risk SKUs, which limits stockout risk without loading the business with redundancy costs.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Governments are pushing defense manufacturers to replenish inventories, modernize capabilities and accelerate deliveries.

— Naveen Poonian, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of inventories

Verb

Headquartered in Hickory since 1992, the company designs and manufactures components for advanced computing infrastructure, enterprise and telecommunications networks, as well as military applications.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026
Stuart Burt is casting director, Susan Kulkarni designs costumes, Helen Keane of Campbell Young Associates designs wigs, hair and makeup, and Alex Payne is fight director.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of designs

Noun

Logan Henderson, Robert Gasser and Dustin May have impressive repertoires of their own.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
By separating skill acquisition from task specification, BeyondMimic provides a route toward humanoid robots that can learn large repertoires of human movement and recombine those skills to handle new situations without task-specific retraining.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

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