How to say "budget" in Japanese

• 予算よさんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verbCovers the financial sense of 'budget': the amount of money planned or allocated for something, or an estimate of costs. When you are talking about budgeting money, this is the word you want.
  委員会いいんかいは予算よさんを承認しょうにんした。↗

  The committee approved the budget.
• お買い得おかいどくCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers 'budget' only in the cheap, good-value sense: it really means a bargain or good buy — something bought at a favorable price. A polite expression, it is not the word for budgeting money.

Use 予算 for budget as a financial plan or estimate of costs; use 「お買い得」 only for the 'budget' sense of cheap and good value, where it means a bargain or good buy.

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• 予算よさんestimate (of costs)
• お買い得おかいどくbargain
• バジェットbudget
• 運営経費うんえいけいひoperating expenses
• 運営費うんえいひoperating expenses
• つけるto allot