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budgetize

budgetize verb: to adapt to, or incorporate into, a budget.

Verb

budgetize (third-person singular simple present budgetizes, present participle budgetizing, simple past and past participle budgetized)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To adapt to, or incorporate into, a budget.
    • A unilateral approach is even less promising given the complexity of the financial and legal questions raised by any attempt to budgetize the fund.1995, Official Journal of the European Communities: Debates of the European Parliament · Issues 465–467, page 11
    • It would be best to bring QFAs fully onto the budget (that is, to “budgetize” the QFAs).2020, Republic of Kazakhstan: Selected Issues, International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept., page 52
  2. (transitive, uncommon) To manage (something) according to a budget, so as to save money.
    • Travel costs money, but I've always found ways to budgetize my trips. For starters, I never take tours.2009, Annie Korzen, Bargain Junkie: Living the Good Life on the Cheap, page 99

Forms of budgetize

third-person singular presentbudgetizes
present participlebudgetizing
past participlebudgetized
pastbudgetized

Origin of budgetize

From budget + -ize.

Words formed from budgetize

Questions about budgetize

What does budgetize mean?
Budgetize means to adapt to, or incorporate into, a budget.
What part of speech is budgetize?
Budgetize is a verb.
What is the past tense of budgetize?
The past tense of budgetize is budgetized.

Words near budgetize in the dictionary

  1. budgeters
  2. budgetful
  3. budgetfuls
  4. budgeting
  5. budgetings
  6. budgetize
  7. budgetized
  8. budgetizer
  9. budgetizers
  10. budgetizes
  11. budgetizing

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