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1 ADJ [ADJ n] If you describe someone as, for example, a budding businessman or a budding artist, you mean that they are starting to succeed or become interested in business or art. □  The forum is now open to all budding entrepreneurs. □  Budding writers are told to write about what they know.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] You use budding to describe a situation that is just beginning. □  Our budding romance was over. □  …Russia's budding democracy.

bud|dy /bʌ di/ (buddies ) N‑COUNT A buddy is a close friend, usually a male friend of a man. [mainly AM ] □  We became great buddies.

budge /bʌ dʒ/ (budges , budging , budged )

1 VERB If someone will not budge on a matter, or if nothing budges them, they refuse to change their mind or to come to an agreement. □ [V ] The Americans are adamant that they will not budge on this point. □ [V n] No amount of prodding will budge him.

2 VERB If someone or something will not budge , they will not move. If you cannot budge them, you cannot make them move. □ [V ] Her mother refused to budge from London. □ [V n] I got a grip on the boat and pulled but I couldn't budge it.

budg|eri|gar /bʌ dʒərigɑː ^r / (budgerigars ) N‑COUNT Budgerigars are small, brightly-coloured birds from Australia that people often keep as pets.

budg|et ◆◆◇ /bʌ dʒ I t/ (budgets , budgeting , budgeted )

1 N‑COUNT Your budget is the amount of money that you have available to spend. The budget for something is the amount of money that a person, organization, or country has available to spend on it. □  She will design a fantastic new kitchen for you–and all within your budget. □  Someone had furnished the place on a tight budget. □  There can be more room in the budget for better foods if meat is kept to a minimum.

2 N‑COUNT The budget of an organization or country is its financial situation, considered as the difference between the money it receives and the money it spends. [BUSINESS ] □  The hospital obviously needs to balance the budget each year. □  …his readiness to raise taxes as part of an effort to cut the budget deficit.

3 N‑PROPER In Britain, the Budget is the financial plan in which the government states how much money it intends to raise through taxes and how it intends to spend it. The Budget is also the speech in which this plan is announced. □  …other indirect tax changes announced in the Budget.

4 VERB If you budget certain amounts of money for particular things, you decide that you can afford to spend those amounts on those things. □ [V amount + for ] The company has budgeted $10 million for advertising. □ [be V -ed + at ] The movie is only budgeted at $10 million. □ [V ] I'm learning how to budget. ●  budg|et|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  We have continued to exercise caution in our budgeting for the current year.

5 ADJ [ADJ n] Budget is used in advertising to suggest that something is being sold cheaply. □  Cheap flights are available from budget travel agents from £240.

▸  budget for PHRASAL VERB If you budget for something, you take account of it when you are deciding how much you can afford to spend on different things. □ [V P n] The authorities had budgeted for some non-payment. COLLOCATIONS budget NOUN

1

noun + budget : family, household; aid, defence, education, welfare; advertising, marketing

adjective + budget : limited, tight; ringfenced

verb + budget : draw up, set; cut, slash

2

adjective + budget : balanced

verb + budget : balance