budgeting (/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt.ɪŋ/)
noun · Intermediate · Daily Life
🔊 /ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt.ɪŋ/
Meaning
Meaning: planning spending
The act of planning how to spend and save your money over a period.
Examples
🗣 Careful budgeting let the young couple take a holiday without going into any debt at all.
Etymology
From Old French ‘bougette’, a little bag for money, from Latin ‘bulga’.
How & Where It’s Used
A key personal-finance skill of planning income against expenses.
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Tags: money, skill