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Office of Management and Budget

Office of Management and Budget

14 4.7
A U.S. government agency that helps the President prepare and oversee the federal budget
  • noun
  • /ˈɔfɪs əv ˈmænɪdʒmənt ənd ˈbʌdʒɪt/
  • Formal
translation icon : Oficina de Gestión y Presupuesto
  • As noted, the Office of Management and Budget suggests a 7% discount rate, departing from a 10% rate in the 1980s.
  • Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
  • Director of the Office of Management and Budget
  • directives from the Office of Management and Budget

There are White House Office of Management and Budget directives on all of those.

Examples

  • You've been head of the federal Office of Management and Budget.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) coordinated both initiatives.

    Academic text (2017)

  • "Economic need" is defined as having an income at or below the poverty level, as established by the Office of Management and Budget.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Previously, he was a deputy director of the Indiana Office of Management and Budget.

    Blog text (18)

  • There are White House Office of Management and Budget directives on all of those.

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • The campaign also pointed us to an analysis of Ryan's budget by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

    Blog text (34)

  • While the ultimate decision about any changes to existing rules, including the development of a USDR, likely will be made by the federal agencies under the leadership of the Office of Management and Budget, any effort to change existing rules will undoubtedly receive scrutiny by and input from all these sectors.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Under Bush's budget proposal, more than $419 billion will be allocated to defense spending in FY 2006, while the Office of Management and Budget estimates that an additional $348.5 billion will be spent to pay interest on the national debt.

    Academic text (2005)

  • We submitted Freedom of Information Act requests to the VA, the Office of Management and Budget, and the General Accounting Office seeking documents pertaining to tobacco-related veterans' pensions.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The Office of Management and Budget plays a key role in formulating the federal budget.

Synonyms

OMB
vsOffice of Management and Budget
  • US
17 5.8

An agency that helps the US president plan the federal budget and checks federal spending

has identical meaning but is the full formal name used in documents

Surface Forms

Office of Management and Budget singular

Morphology

office + of + management + and + budget

This is a compositional institutional name: a B1 learner who knows 'office', 'management', and 'budget' can infer it denotes an office dealing with management and budgeting. While the exact U.S. governmental role and scope (assisting the President on the federal budget) are specific, the core meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

The Office of Management and Budget is a name that tells its job: office is a government workplace, management means to organize how things are run, and budget is the plan for money. So the name shows it is the office that helps the President 'prepare the budget' and 'manage' government spending.