Bible Dictionaries
Budget

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Budget'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/budget.html. 1828.