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Budget vs Calculation - What's the difference?

budget | calculation |

As nouns the difference between budget and calculation

is that budget is budget while calculation is (mathematics|uncountable) the act or process of calculating.

budget

English

(wikipedia budget)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A wallet, purse or bag.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.x:
  • With that out of his bouget forth he drew / Great store of treasure, therewith him to tempt [...].
  • The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame.
  • An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
  • Derived terms

    * black budget * budgetary * budgeteer * budgeter * champagne taste on a beer budget * high-budget * low-budget

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to a budget.
  • Appropriate to a restricted budget.
  • We flew on a budget airline.

    Synonyms

    * (appropriate to a restricted budget) low-cost

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To construct or draw up a budget.
  • ''Budgeting is even harder in times of recession
  • To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
  • ''The PM’s pet projects are budgeted rather generously
  • To plan for the use of in a budget.
  • The prestigious building project is budgeted in great detail, from warf facilities to the protocollary opening.

    calculation

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
  • (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
  • (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
  • By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.
  • (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
  • Synonyms

    * (act or process of calculating) calculating]], computation, [[compute, computing, reckoning (old ) * (Result of calculation) sum * (estimate) estimate, guess, reckoning, measurement

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