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budget Noun

— A budget is a limit to how much money can be spent on something. Our budget for a new car is $10,000. — A budget is a plan for how money will be spent. The accountant made a new budget that showed us how much we would spend on materials. A family budget is a good idea to help you manage your finances. — If you are on a budget, you are trying not to spend a lot of money. — A budget item is something that can be bought cheaply. — A budget item is one thing that you plan to spend money on.

budget Verb

— If you budget, you plan how money or time will be spent. It is important to budget your time on the test. Don't take too long on any one question.

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control Noun

— If you have control over someone or something, you can make it do what you want. He should try to take control and tell the other handlers what to do. in the rain, he had lost control on the wet surface and spun off the road. The country fell under the direct control of the army. They are trying to keep tighter control over spending. The government will demand improved pollution control systems for all factories. Most companies devote some resources to quality control and product testing. Unless birth control methods are used, sooner or later the woman is likely to get pregnant. The continuing Soviet desire for arms control led to a SALT II treaty. The brain's control systems tend to decline with age so that, for instance, our balance gets less good. The experimental group took the medicine while the control group took a sugar pill. Suddenly the airplane went out of control and started diving. — A control is a button, switch, dial, etc. that lets you make a machine do what you want. If you turn off your TV with the remote control, it continues to use a quarter of normal power. She touched the volume control and the sound dropped.

control Verb

— If you control something, you make it do what you want. Too many people are overweight because they can't control their eating behaviour. The company is controlled by a New York businessman. — If you control something, you do not let its numbers or size grow too much. The new plan should control inflation.

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clerk Noun

— A clerk is a person who keeps an organization's records. I called the city clerks office to see if they had a record of her birth. — A sales clerk is the person in a shop who helps you find things you want to buy. A convenience store clerk was arrested for selling cigarettes to children. — A desk clerk is the person at a hotel who registers guests. The desk clerk called a taxi for us. — A law clerk is a person, often a junior lawyer, who is the assistant of a judge or another lawyer.

clerk Verb

— If you clerk, you work as a clerk, especially as a law clerk. She clerked for the judge in 1992, and says she and her fellow clerks worked "as many hours as we could stay awake, often past midnight and on weekends."

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