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Etymology edit

budget +‎ -eer. Doublet of budgetary.

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Noun edit

budgeteer (plural budgeteers)

  1. A person knowledgeable about the law, accounting, and regulation affecting budgets, especially governmental.
    • 2009 February 15, William Safire, “Rifacimento”, in New York Times[1]:
      Repurposing has become hot, and not only among drug manufacturers and federal budgeteers.