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minibudget en · NOUN

Etymology

From mini- + budget.

Meanings

1. A small budget.
   • Somehow, she managed her household with only a minibudget based on the family's share of farm crops, eggs, and livestock. 2007, Harold Flagg, GI Odyssey:
   • You can start these lessons by creating a minibudget with your children. Start with two spending lists: one for essentials and the other for nonessentials. In the essentials category, you might include expenses like lunch money and clothing. 2005, Virginia B. Morris, A Woman's Guide to Personal Finance:
2. (UK) A budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving special economic measures.
   • Unions have reacted with fury to the prospect of the government scrapping a cap on bankers’ bonuses, as ministers geared up for a return to near-normal politics next week, topped by an emergency mini-budget on Friday. 2022 September 15, Peter Walker, Matthew Weaver, Aubrey Allegretti, “Kwarteng plan to lift cap on bankers’ bonuses infuriates unions”, in The Guardian:

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