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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the budget or governmental financial estimates for the year; relating to or compared with the budget: as, budgetary arrangements; a budgetary surplus.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective of or pertaining to a budget.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to a budget

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  • adjective of or relating to a budget

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Examples

  • The nationalization of pension funds might be helpful for a symptomatic relief of the near-term budgetary gap as the funds' current revenues and assets could be used for added spending.

    Goulash Populism George Kopits 2011

  • It's now 2011 in budgetary terms, and with a $175 million shortfall already needing to be closed, Washington Business Journal's Michael Neibauer digs into budget legislation passed earlier this year to find which parochial pots the money went into.

    DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 1, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010

  • After rah-rahing the overall strength of the U.S. economy, the S&P says:We believe there is a material risk that U.S. policymakers might not reach an agreement on how to address medium- and long-term budgetary challenges by 2013; if an agreement is not reached and meaningful implementation is not begun by then, this would in our view render the U.S. fiscal profile meaningfully weaker than that of peer 'AAA' sovereigns.

    Cantor: Standard and Poor's warning is a 'wake-up call' on debt 2011

  • ESA operates a sustainable Space program within budgetary limits as opposed to an American program that IMHO is largely reactionary; over optimistic, over hyped and over budget and, when the steroids run out, prone to long periods of stagnation and infighting.

    Dennis Wingo - Why Space? Why Now? - NASA Watch 2009

  • The short-term budgetary savings of graduate medical education cuts are not worth the long-term negative impact on patients.

    We Can't Afford to Train Fewer Doctors Herbert Pardes 2011

  • The downgrade accounted for rising debt levels and budget deficits, the S&P said, adding "we believe there is a material risk that U.S. policy makers might not reach an agreement on how to address medium- and long-term budgetary challenges by 2013."

    Gold and Silver Prices Soar Tatyana Shumsky 2011

  • Although the particulars may differ - some governors are seeking to end collective bargaining rights, others are not - the state executives share both a political philosophy and a conviction that the public is prepared to support these measures if they help fix long-term budgetary problems.

    State budget clashes spread to Indiana, Ohio 2011

  • It added: "We believe there is a material risk that US policymakers might not reach an agreement on how to address medium- and long-term budgetary challenges by 2013; if an agreement is not reached and meaningful implementation is not begun by then, this would in our view render the US fiscal profile meaningfully weaker than that of peer 'AAA' sovereigns."

    Wall Street shares slump as S&P downgrades US debt outlook 2011

  • Although the particulars may differ - some governors are seeking to end collective bargaining rights, others are not - the state executives share both a political philosophy and a conviction that the public is prepared to support these measures if they help fix long-term budgetary problems.

    State budget clashes spread to Indiana, Ohio 2011

  • And there would be a filibuster of the “amendments” (ie the separate bill), but the Senate is going to invoke reconciliation, a procedure applicable to certain budgetary provisions that the filibuster does not apply to.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » House Democratic Leaders Drop “Deem and Pass” 2010

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