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spenno budget

spenno budget

9.9
A very small amount of money to spend on things
  • noun
  • Australian
translation icon : presupuesto ajustado
  • After losing his job, he had to live according to a spenno budget for several months.

Examples

  • Traveling abroad on a spenno budget requires careful planning and lots of research.

  • They managed to throw a party on a spenno budget, using only homemade decorations and snacks.

  • We are on a spenno budget this month.

  • Our team has to work with a spenno budget.

  • He had to restrict his spending to essentials while living on a spenno budget.

  • Planning a wedding on a spenno budget can challenge your creativity.

  • With a spenno budget, she learned to cook meals using only inexpensive ingredients.

Synonyms

tight budget
vsspenno budget
10 2.9

A situation with only a little money to spend

is stricter and allows less spending than that small amount
shoestring budget
vsspenno budget
  • Informal
5 3.9

A small amount of money for a project or event

is even more extremely limited, allowing almost no discretionary spending

Antonyms

to lavish
17 5.3

To give a lot of money, praise, or love to someone freely

How Tight

spenno budget
  • Australian
9.9
tight budget
10 2.9
budget
∞ 2.1

Surface Forms

spenno budget singular
spenno budgets plural

Morphology

spenno + budget

The first constituent 'spenno' is not a recognized English word (noted as '[Word not found in dictionary]'), so even if a learner knows 'budget' they cannot derive the intended meaning from the parts. The expression therefore relies on a nonce/slang element or lexicalized usage whose meaning is unpredictable from its constituents, making it opaque to B1 learners.

Etymology

The noun spenno budget may come from a slang mix of spend and no, giving the idea 'spend nothing'. The image of having almost 'no money to spend' helps explain why a spenno budget means a very small, strict budget.