Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose;
- Example: "the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year"2.
a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them;
- Example: "the president submitted the annual budget to Congress"VERB (1)
1.
make a budget;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Budget \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 Webster]
2. The annual financial statement which the British
chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons.
It comprehends a general view of the finances of the
country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the
ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar
statement in other countries.
[1913 Webster]
To open the budget, to lay before a legislative body the
financial estimates and plans of the executive government.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
budget
n 1: a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose; "the
laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year"
2: a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for
how to meet them; "the president submitted the annual budget
to Congress"
v 1: make a budget