budget English · revision 203
5 Oct 2026, 22:17 by bogdan “Add pronunciation, sense history, timeline, word family, related words; definitions under Modern meaning” current version
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪt/ ''(UK)''; /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪt/, /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ət/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)
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==Etymology==
− From [[enm|bouget|t=wallet]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline) [[bor|fro|bougette]], diminutive of ''bouge'' “leather bag”,^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|la|bulga|t=leather bag]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD) a word of Gaulish origin,^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) ultimately [[der|ine-pro|*bʰelǵʰ-|t=to swell]].^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) Recorded from the early 15th century in the sense “leather pouch, small bag”.^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)
+ From [[enm|bouget|t=wallet]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline) [[bor|fro|bougette]], diminutive of ''bouge'' “leather bag”,^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|la|bulga|t=leather bag]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD) a word of Gaulish origin,^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) ultimately [[der|ine-pro|*bʰelǵʰ-|t=to swell]].^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)
− The financial sense (1733) comes from the image of the treasury minister keeping his fiscal plans in a wallet.^(Etymonline) Compare [[bulge]].^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ A pouch, bag, or wallet, usually of leather (early 15th century).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(RHWU)
− ==Noun==
− '''budget'''
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ From the late 16th century the word meant the contents of a bag, a stock or collection,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) which led in the 18th century to “a bundle of news”, hence its use as a newspaper title.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The financial sense, a statement of expected expenditure and revenue (1733), comes from the image of the treasury minister keeping his plans in a wallet.^(Etymonline) The verb meant “to draw up a budget” from 1618,^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) and the adjective “inexpensive” dates from 1941.^(MW Collegiate)
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1432–50 – “a leather pouch or wallet”.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1548 – ''to open one's budget'', “to speak one's mind”.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1597 – “a stock or collection”.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1618 – verb, “to draw up a budget”.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)
+ * 1733 – a statement of public finances.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1941 – adjective, “inexpensive”.^(MW Collegiate)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Noun===
# An itemized estimate of planned spending, often with the expected income, for a given period.^(AHD)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
# The total amount of money set aside for a particular purpose or period.^(AHD)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
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# ''(obsolete or dialectal)'' A small bag or pouch, usually of leather.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(RHWU)
− ==Adjective==
− '''budget'''
−
+ ===Adjective===
# Cheap; suited to someone with limited money.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)
− ==Verb==
− '''budget'''
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+ ===Verb===
# To plan in advance how money, time, etc. will be spent.^(AHD)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
# To allow for something in a budget.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)
# To draw up a budget, or to live within one.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[budgetary]]
+ * [[budgeter]]
+ * [[budgeteer]]
+ * [[low-budget]]
+ * [[prebudget]]
+ * [[overbudget]]
+ * [[rebudget]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[bulge]]
+
==References==
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