budget gap

collocation in English

meaningsofthe Budgetandgap

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budget
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/us
/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/
in the UK, the official statement that the government makes about how much it will collect in taxes and spend on public services in ...
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gap
noun
uk
/ɡæp/us
/ɡæp/
an empty space or opening in the middle of something or between ...
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(Definition ofbudgetandgapfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The fare and associated policies were to cost £70 million, which together with thebudgetgapadded up to £117 million, or a 6·1p rate.
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The county council will receive, at best, £15 million from the settlement, leaving abudgetgapof £10 million.
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That still leaves abudgetgapof £10 million.
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All this week councillors agonised and wrestled with the problem of closing abudgetgapof that size.
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The administration closed thebudgetgap, and ended fiscal year 2004 with a budget surplus of $700 million.
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The supplemental budget was to cover thebudgetgapthat had arisen due to slow economic growth.
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In 2011 and 2012, the park agreed to return to its original winter schedule for a trial period after the local community raised $75,000 to bridge the estimatedbudgetgap.
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Treffinger was credited with nearly closing the county'sbudgetgapin one year after taking office.
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Further, while local school boards struggle to close ongoing budget gaps and meet new federal requirements, music continues to be cut in districts across the country.
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In its first official release, it uncovered budget gaps that it claimed would result in the loss of 695 seats for students in the state's charter schools.
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