Kilo Lingo

/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/

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Translation

A plan of how much money you can spend and what you will spend it on.

Word origin

From Old French bougette, a small leather bag, from Latin bulga; the money sense came from carrying papers about spending in such a bag.

Origin
Old French
Root
bougette
English cognates
bulge

Grammar

Gender
Pluralbudgets

Examples

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A budget is a plan for how much money you can spend.

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A low budget means only a little money to spend.

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Here "budget" is a verb; to plan how money will be spent.

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This word is part of lesson 59.