current budget

collocation in English

meaningsofcurrentandbudget

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current
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌr.ənt/us
/ˈkɝː.ənt/
of the ...
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budget
noun
uk
/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/us
/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/
a plan to show how much money a person or organization will earn and how much they will need or be able ...
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(Definition ofcurrentandbudgetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcurrent budget

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They advocate using cost-effectiveness methods instead to explore which substitution of new services for the status quo will improve outcomes within thecurrentbudget.
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While there is no reason why it could not play an active role in promoting such activity, itscurrentbudgetwould not allow it to make any significant financial contribution.
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This represents a decrease of 2.8% on thecurrentbudgetplan.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Subsidy thresholds must be lowered in order to reach the entire sector, whilst thecurrentbudgetlevel must be maintained.
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Thecurrentbudgetfor computers in the county court service is in the region of £4 million.
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Over the economic cycle, they will bring thecurrentbudgetinto balance.
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Following the fiscal tightening last year, we expect a surplus on thecurrentbudgetthis year and over the current cycle.
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I can confirm that thecurrentbudgetis based on 4·5 million paying visitors.
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The first, which they may skip over if the newspapers are right, is a deficiency on thecurrentbudgetof about 3 billion ecus.
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The amendment is about the control of thecurrentbudgetby the school board.
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Our first fiscal rule is that over the cycle we balance thecurrentbudget.
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The averagecurrentbudgetfor the first four years of the next cycle is not just in balance but in surplus.
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The metropolitan council has no agreedcurrentbudgetfor any of its services.
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That figure was cobbled together by adding up the next three years of so-called surpluses oncurrentbudgetof £7 billion, £10 billion and £13 billion, equalling £30 billion.
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Over the next five years, there will be acurrentbudgetsurplus of some £34 million.
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Only on this condition, which must lead us to make proposals for the 2001 budget, will we accept the interim measures for thecurrentbudget.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The figure available for next year will be £182,000, which is considerably less than thecurrentbudget.
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Does the second budget in thecurrentbudgetperspective differ significantly from its predecessors, apart from in the size of the sums concerned?
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Will health authorities have to pay out of theircurrentbudget, or will they get additional money?
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