予算|よさんyosan[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, suru verbestimate (of costs); budget
   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.

• Synonym見積もりみつもりNeutralAn advance estimate of amounts, work periods and the like, as in 「見積もりを出す」; it centres on estimating, while 「予算」 is the spending plan you settle on.
• SynonymバジェットNeutralA loanword for budget, heard mostly in business and advertising; in everyday speech 「予算」 is the word to use.
• Related目算もくさんWrittenA written-style word for judging by eye or for mental reckoning; it is not a formal plan of expenses.
• Related推計すいけいWrittenEstimating statistical figures by inference, as in 「推計人口」; used mainly in statistics, not for spending plans.
• Related積算せきさんWrittenAdding up figures item by item, or estimating project costs; a technical term of engineering and accounting.
• Related推算すいさんWrittenCalculating by inference from what is known, as in 「人口を推算する」; the emphasis is on inference, not on planning expenses.
• Related値積もりねづもりWrittenRoughly estimating a price or value; rarely used, and 「見積もり」 is the everyday word.
• Related値踏みねぶみNeutralAppraising a price or value, also figuratively weighing a person's worth, as in 「人を値踏みする」; carries a nuance of sizing up.
• Antonym決算けっさんNeutralThe closing of the books at the end of an accounting period; the opposite of 「予算」 as an advance plan.
• Antonym実績じっせきNeutralThe actual results or figures achieved, contrasted with the advance plan, as in 「予算と実績」.

Use 「予算」 for a spending plan fixed in advance. For a business quote say 「見積もり」; for statistical inference, 「推計」; for end-of-period accounts, 「決算」; for actual figures, 「実績」. 「バジェット」 is a loanword heard in business and ads; 「目算」「推算」「積算」「値積もり」 are written-style estimating terms, and 「値踏み」 is about appraising value.

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1. ある計画けいかくのために使つかう費用ひようを、前まえもって決きめること。
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