budgeted
v. B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈbədʒɪtəd// UK //bˈʌdʒɪtɪd// bud·get·ed
v. to plan how much money you will spend on different things. You do this to make sure you do not go over your total amount of money.
v. to allocate a specific amount of money for a particular purpose or period. Often used in the passive voice to describe funds that have been officially set aside.
The company budgeted five thousand dollars for new office chairs.
The project was budgeted for two years, but the team finished it in just ten months.
While the initial proposal was budgeted for a modest renovation, the final costs exceeded the original estimate by nearly thirty percent due to unexpected structural repairs.