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budgetary

budgetary

19 5.2
About a plan for how money is spent
  • adjective
  • /ˈbʌdʒɪˌtɛri/
translation icon : presupuestario
  • The company faced significant budgetary constraints that limited its ability to expand operations.
  • budgetary constraints
  • budgetary priorities
  • budgetary considerations

But, but it was, it was really started from a place of like a budgetary constraint.

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Examples

  • In fact, the Finnish navy had no budgetary authority to buy the boat.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The agenda is very ambitious and necessary, yet daunting given the budgetary limits of the new government.

    Academic text (1997)

  • - It was a budgetary decision.

    Nuclear Hurricane (2007)

  • And most of the work, because of budgetary reasons, had to be done... ...not with the day players... ...who were coming in for the week.

    The Last Dragon (1985)

  • The greatest technical need was budgetary and financial knowledge and skills.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The Council's role is to debate policy decisions, review budgetary proposals, and offer advice on domestic and foreign policy.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The effectiveness of the actual program implementation and budgetary considerations may not be determined for a while.

    Academic text (1994)

  • In these times, school boards considered ways to transform school budgets within strict budgetary limitations.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Without systematic support, implementation efforts remain vulnerable to competing priorities and initiatives as well as budgetary reductions.

    Academic text (2015)

  • In today's world of fiscal imbalances and budgetary pressures, it seems impossible to continue ignoring productivity.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

fiscal
vsbudgetary
438 5.2

Relating to government money, especially taxes and public spending

is about budgets and financial planning across organisations rather than public finance

Surface Forms

budgetary positive

Morphology

budgetary = budget (transparent) = budget + ary

The adjective 'budgetary' is clearly derived from 'budget', indicating a relation to financial planning.

Etymology

The word budgetary comes from budget, which originally came from the old French word bougette meaning 'small bag' used to hold money. So budgetary means 'about a plan for money' or 'about money limits'.