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budget
Noun
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A budget is a limit to how much money can be spent on something.
Our budget for a new car is $10,000.
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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.
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If you are on a budget, you are trying not to spend a lot of money.
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A budget item is something that can be bought cheaply.
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A budget item is one thing that you plan to spend money on.
budget
Verb
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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.
framework
Noun
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A framework is basic ideas and organisation that you can build an argument, a book, a society, etc. around.
The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive framework for practical and theoretical study in Art and Design.
The purpose of a system of budgeting is to provide a reasoned framework for the financial decisions of a future period.
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A framework is the structural supports that a building, vehicle, etc. is built around.
Very large iron and steel beams provide the framework for the building’s central section.
law
Noun
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Laws are the official rules of a government or organisation.
We have defined crime as behaviour which breaks the criminal law.
We believe that this law is wrong and we are not prepared to obey such a law.
The Kyoto treaty became law in 2005.
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The law is the police.
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A law is something that is always true.
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Law is the study of laws.