BUDGET in a Sentence

Learn BUDGET from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

105 example sentences for BUDGET, such as:

1. Rising budget deficit is beginning to bite.
2. They raised taxes and unbalanced the budget.
3. He got into a tangle with his budget figures.
4. A new car will not be part of our budget this year.
5. The national assembly has voted to adopt the budget.

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 Meanings and Examples of BUDGET
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budget
 n.  estimate; a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
Classic Sentence:
1  But the budget book made her realize how inexact were her finances.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  Either I'm your partner, in charge of the household department of our business, with a regular budget for it, or else I'm nothing.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
3  Here is our practical, business-like New England cousin, who will take the whole budget of cares off your shoulders, and give you time to refresh yourself, and grow young and handsome.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
4  He then called for his horses, drove to the Chamber, and inscribed his name to speak against the budget.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 66. Matrimonial Projects.
5  In my last report I ended upon my top note with Barrymore at the window, and now I have quite a budget already which will, unless I am much mistaken, considerably surprise you.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
6  You will pardon me, I know, for all my faults when you have read all my budget of news.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  Note this: with five hundred millions we could pay one quarter of the expenses of our budget.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
8  She bought a budget-plan account book and made her budgets as exact as budgets are likely to be when they lack budgets.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
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16  Only a small portion of the budget is spent on books.
17  He got into a tangle with his budget figures.
18  Next year's budget will have to be drastically pruned.
19  They spend a fair slice of the budget on research and development.
20  Rising budget deficit is beginning to bite.
21  The British-produced film was made on a shoestring budget.
22  The department made a nip here and a tuck there, but they were still way over budget.
23  See that you are careful with money and work to a budget.
24  His council had had to perform miracles on a tiny budget.
25  Japan is in the enviable position of having a budget surplus.
26  The national assembly has voted to adopt the budget.
27  I have to superadd the budget expenses, in my opinion.
28  A new car will not be part of our budget this year.
29  The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits.
30  They raised taxes and unbalanced the budget.