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microbudget

microbudget noun: a very small budget.

Noun

microbudget (plural microbudgets)

  1. (attributive, often) A very small budget.
    • Having scored a distribution deal for this microbudget film she shot with friends in Seattle over a handful of days last summer, Ms. Shelton embarked on a sort of victory lap of the festival circuit.2009 July 5, Michelle Orange, “She’s a Director Who’s Just Another Dude”, in New York Times
    • We now have thousands upon thousands of tiny movies made on microbudgets, financed with personal credit cards.2013, Lynda Obst, Sleepless in Hollywood, page 45

Forms of microbudget

pluralmicrobudgets

Origin of microbudget

From micro- + budget.

Questions about microbudget

What does microbudget mean?
Microbudget means a very small budget.
What part of speech is microbudget?
Microbudget is a noun.
What is the plural of microbudget?
The plural of microbudget is microbudgets.

Words near microbudget in the dictionary

  1. microbrush
  2. microbrushes
  3. microbubble
  4. microbubbles
  5. microbud
  6. microbudget
  7. microbudgets
  8. microbuds
  9. microbulk
  10. microbullet
  11. microbullets

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