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Etymology

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From budget +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪ.tə.ɹi/, /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.ɪ.tɹi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbʌd͡ʒ.əˌtɛɹ.i/

Adjective

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budgetary (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a budget.
    • 1964 July, “Tokaido line trouble”, in Modern Railways, page 52:
      Japan's revolutionary New Tokaido Line, the 310-mile, 150 m.p.h. route between Tokyo and Osaka that is due to open for passenger traffic in October, has run into the same kind of budgetary trouble that held up our own LMR electrification, though the Japanese Government, unlike our own, has apparently gritted its teeth and allowed the project to go ahead to planned completion.

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