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zero-based

zero-based adjective: of a budget or budgeting system: such that every expense needs to be approved every year, without the possibility of automatically accepting something because of its prior existence.

Adjective

zero-based (not comparable)

  1. Of a budget or budgeting system: such that every expense needs to be approved every year, without the possibility of automatically accepting something because of its prior existence.
  2. Of an array or list: such the first element of the array or list is called the zeroth.

Words formed from zero-based

Phrases with zero-based

Questions about zero-based

What does zero-based mean?
Zero-based means of a budget or budgeting system: such that every expense needs to be approved every year, without the possibility of automatically accepting something because of its prior existence.
What part of speech is zero-based?
Zero-based is an adjective.

Words near zero-based in the dictionary

  1. zero tensor
  2. zero tensors
  3. zero tolerance
  4. zero vector
  5. zero vectors
  6. zero-based
  7. zero-based budget
  8. zero-based budgets
  9. zero-click
  10. zero-cool
  11. zero-coupon note

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