budget
1Budget — Budg et, n. [OE. bogett, bouget, F. bougette bag, wallet, dim. of OF. boge, bouge, leather bag. See {Budge}, n., and cf. {Bouget}.] 1. A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions. [1913… …
2Budget — For the rental car company, see Budget Rent a Car. For the car insurance company Budget, see Budget Group of Companies. A budget (from old French bougette, purse) is a financial plan and a list of all planned expenses and revenues. It is a plan… …
3BUDGET — n. m. T. d’Administration état de prévision de dépenses et de recettes durant un certain temps. Le budget de l’état. Le budget de la Ville de Paris. Le budget de la marine, de la guerre, etc. Il s’emploie souvent d’une manière absolue pour… …
4BUDGET — s. m. Terme emprunté de l anglais, qui s emploie dans l Administration publique, pour signifier, L état annuel des dépenses qu on présume avoir à faire, et des fonds ou revenus affectés à ces dépenses. Le budget de l État. Le budget de la ville… …
5budget — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bowgette, from Middle French bougette, diminutive of bouge leather bag, from Latin bulga, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish bolg bag; akin to Old English belg bag more at belly Date: 15th century 1. chiefly… …
6Budget Day — is the day that a government presents its Budget to a legislature for approval. It only exists in some countries of the world. In particular, the United States does not have a Budget Day. [cite book|title=The World s Work ...: A History of Our… …
7Budget support — is a particular way of giving international Development aid, also known as an aid instrument or aid modality. With budget support, money is given directly to a recipient country government, usually from a donor government (such as the UK or… …
8Budget theory — is the academic study of political and social motivations behind government and civil society budgeting. Classic theorists include Henry Adams, William F. Willoughby, V. O. Key, Jr., and, more recently, Aaron Wildavsky. Notable recent theorists… …
9Budget range — is the name given to software (usually video games) that are sold for a fraction (usually less than half) of a regular product price. While most of the software released under budget range are re releases of successful products (such as Sony s… …
10Budget-maximizing model — is an influential new stream of public choice theory and rational choice analysis in public administration inaugurated by William Niskanen, in 1971. It argued that rational bureaucrats will always and everywhere seek to increase their budgets in… …
