Dictionary

budgetize en · VERB

Etymology

From budget + -ize.

Meanings

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:

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budgetizer