operating budget
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈɑːpəˌreɪtɪŋ ˈbʌdʒɪt/
- Specialized
:
presupuesto operativo
- The school district is finalizing its operating budget for the upcoming academic year to ensure all needs are met.
- an annual operating budget
- the total operating budget
- funds from the operating budget
Examples
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"Half of the operating budget of a desalination facility is spent on power."
Academic text (2004) -
We are talking about Saddleback's annual operating budget, which is approximately 87 million.
Blog text (18) -
On the other hand, seven million dollars is almost 25 percent of their total operating budget.
Fiction book (1999) -
Or do they just get eliminated from the operating budget along with the other waste?
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Students are also learning how to manage operating budgets and create capital improvement plans.
Blog text (10) -
Sharing resources allows us to be more cost-efficient and make the best use of our limited operating budget.
Academic text (2014) -
That's 20 percent of the campus operating budget and about 3 percent of the total campus budget.
Academic text (2006) -
The city faces at least a $120 million operating budget shortfall through 2012.
Blog text (32) -
The hospital system, now called WakeMed, has absorbed the loss in its annual operating budget of $420 million.
Academic text (1997) -
The Carnegie Institution has a yearly operating budget of about $45 million, largely from its century-old endowment.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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2.1
A plan for how much money to spend and receive, or the money set aside for something
How Large
- Specialized
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3.3
- Australian
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a financial plan for the costs of running or operating an organization' is directly derivable from combining 'operate' (to run/manage) with 'budget' (a plan of money). This is a regular adjective+noun compound describing the budget for operations, a cross-linguistically common and predictable composition that a B1 learner who knows the constituents will likely understand.
Etymology
Operating budget comes from the simple image of a money plan that keeps something operating day by day. Imagine a shop making a budget for rent, staff pay and supplies so it can stay open, so an operating budget means a plan for regular 'day-to-day costs', not for big one-time purchases.