| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, decrement, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, out of pocket, outdo, outlay, output, overhead, payroll, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, spending, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth |