| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial plan |
| Synonyms: | account, aggregate, allocation, allowance, bulk, cost, estimated expenses, finances, fiscal estimate, funds, means, planned disbursement, quantity, quantum, resources, spending plan, statement, total |
| Main Entry: | allocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; divide among |
| Synonyms: | admeasure, allot, apportion, appropriate, budget, cut, designate, dish out, divvy, earmark, give, mete, set aside, share, slice |
| Notes: | to allocate something is to set it aside for a specific purpose; to allot something is to give it with an implied restriction and an understanding of sharing |
| Antonyms: | keep, keep together |
| Main Entry: | allot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; give portion |
| Synonyms: | admeasure, allocate, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, budget, cut, cut the pie, designate, distribute, divvy, dole, earmark, mete, set aside, share, shell out, slice, split up |
| Notes: | to allocate something is to set it aside for a specific purpose; to allot something is to give it with an implied restriction and an understanding of sharing |
| Antonyms: | disallow, keep, retain, withhold |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total |
| Synonyms: | addition, aggregate, all, bad news, body, budget, cost, damage*, entirety, expense, extent, list, lot, net, outlay, output, price tag, product, quantum, score, set-back, sum, tab, tidy sum, whole |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | appropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set aside; allocate |
| Synonyms: | allot, allow, appoint, apportion, assign, budget, devote, disburse, earmark, reserve, set apart |
| Antonyms: | keep, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | asset(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property or money possessed |
| Synonyms: | ace in the hole, ace up sleeve, backing, bankroll, budget, capital, credit, equity, estate, funds, goods, holdings, kitty, mattress, means, nest egg, nut*, possessions, rainy day, reserve(s), resources, riches, sock, something put aside, something put away, stake, stash, stuff, valuables, wealth |
| Antonyms: | liability |
| Main Entry: | balance sheet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial statement including gains and losses for a period |
| Synonyms: | account, annual report, assets and liabilities, budget, ledger, report |
| Main Entry: | cheap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexpensive |
| Synonyms: | at a bargain, bargain, bargain-basement, bargain-counter, bought for a song, budget, buy, cheapo, competitive, cost next to nothing, cut-price, cut-rate, depreciated, dime a dozen, easy on the pocketbook, economical, half-priced, irregular, low tariff, low-cost, low-priced, lowered, marked down, moderate, nominal, on sale, popularly priced, real buy, reasonable, reduced, sale, slashed, standard, steal, uncostly, undear, utility, worth the money |
| Notes: | cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp |
| Antonyms: | costly, dear, expensive |
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guess, try to value |
| Synonyms: | account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, calculate roughly, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, evaluate, examine, expect, figure, form opinion, gauge, guess, guesstimate, judge, look into, look upon, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank, rate, reason, reckon, regard, run over, scheme, set a figure, size up, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, tax, think, think through |
| Notes: | estimate implies a calculation has been performed and it is on that basis that a judgment or valuation is being made, while estimation implies that an on-the-spot evaluation is being performed and that it is an opinion based on that evaluation; an estimate conveys a more reasoned or impersonal judgment than an estimation |