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misbudget

verb

Etymology

From mis- + budget.

  1. derived from *bʰelǵʰ-✻
  2. derived from *bolgā✻
  3. derived from bulga
  4. derived from bougette
  5. inherited from bogett
  6. prefixed as misbudget — “mis + budget”

Definitions

  1. To budget too much or too little.

    • Because a student misallocates or misbudgets time on one occasion does not necessarily mean the student will do so on all occasions
    • In fiscal year 1984, BPA spent at least $60 million more on WPPS 2 to misbudget it.
    • Originally R8,840 million was budgeted for and the revised estimate is R6.040 million. I would like an explanation. This is not mentioned in the explanatory memorandum at all. It would seem to be an extremely large amount to misbudget.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA