budget — I n. 1) to draw up a budget 2) to submit a budget 3) to balance a budget 4) to adhere to; keep, remain within a budget 5) to exceed; stretch a budget 6) to cut, reduce a budget 7) an annual; federal; household; itemized; municipal; national;… … Combinatory dictionary
balance — 1 noun 1 STEADY (U) a state in which all your weight is evenly spread so that you do not fall: You need a good sense of balance to ride a bicycle. | lose your balance (=be unable to stay steady and not fall): I lost my balance and fell on my face … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Budget support — is a particular way of giving international Development aid, also known as an aid instrument or aid modality. With budget support, money is given directly to a recipient country government, usually from a donor government (such as the UK or… … Wikipedia
State and Local Affairs — ▪ 1997 Introduction States continued to be at the centre of national debates on public policy during 1996. The U.S. Congress, reacting in part to successful experimentation by a number of states, enacted a historic welfare reform measure… … Universalium
balance — bal|ance1 W2S2 [ˈbæləns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(steady)¦ 2¦(equal amounts)¦ 3 on balance 4¦(surprise somebody)¦ 5¦(bank)¦ 6¦(money owed)¦ 7¦(remaining)¦ 8 be/hang in the balance 9 tip/swing the balance 10¦(for weighing)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
Budget of the European Union — European Union This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the European Union … Wikipedia
balance — the amount of money remaining in an account. The total of your money in the bank after accounting for all transactions (deposits and withdrawals) is called a balance . Glossary of Business Terms A division of a Securities Account, of a type… … Financial and business terms
Balance of trade — Cumulative Current Account Balance 1980–2008 based on the International Monetary Fund data … Wikipedia
budget — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fixed, limited, low, modest, shoestring, small, tight ▪ The film was was made on a shoestring budget … Collocations dictionary
balance — [[t]bæ̱ləns[/t]] ♦♦ balances, balancing, balanced 1) V ERG To balance somewhere means to remain steady and not fall over. [V prep/adv] I balanced on the ledge... [V n prep/adv] He balanced a football on his head. 2) N UNCOUNT Balance is the… … English dictionary
balance — Synonyms and related words: Swiss bank account, accommodate, accord, account, account current, account rendered, account stated, adjust, afterglow, afterimage, agree, amount to, analogize, analogousness, aplomb, arrangement, assess, assets,… … Moby Thesaurus