Budget (Operating) is a financial plan containing an estimate of proposed revenues and expenditures for a given period (typically a fiscal year). The term is also used to denote the officially approved expenditure ceilings under which a government and its departments operate. Adoption of a budget by the legislative body is an appropriation of the budgeted amounts.
Barry Goldsmith
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