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Used with adjectives:
"
Our family lives on a fixed budget."
(fixed, limited, low, modest, tight, small)
"
The business has a large budget."
(large, huge, big)
"
We're planning the annual budget."
(annual, monthly, weekly, overall)
"
How much is the entire budget?"
(entire, total, operating)
"
Most of our personal budget goes toward rent."
(personal, household, family)
"
Taxes pay for the government budget."
(government, city, federal, national, state, defense, health, military)
Used with verbs:
"
Let's plan our budget."
(plan, set, draw up, allocate)
"
They have a large budget for the project."
(have)
"
We are going to present our budget ideas."
(present, propose, submit)
"
They need to balance the budget."
(balance, manage, control)
"
She went over the budget."
(went over, exceeded)
"
My boss has reduced our budget."
(reduce, cut, slashed, trimmed, boosted, doubled, tripled, increased)
"
We can't fit a new car into the budget."
(fit)
Used with nouns:
"
We have a budget surplus."
(surplus, deficit)
"
I lost my job because of budget cuts."
(cuts, constraints)
"
This is the new budget proposal."
(proposal, plan)
Used with prepositions:
"
The project is over budget."
(over, under, on, within)
"
Is this in the budget?"
(in)
"
We're on a tight budget."
(on)
"
We're working on the budget for next year."
(for)
"
We have a budget of $1 million to complete the project."
(of)
