minibudget

plural minibudgets · alternative mini-budget

1. A small budget.

   Somehow, she managed her household with only a minibudget based on the family's share of farm crops, eggs, and livestock.

   2007, Harold Flagg, GI Odyssey

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   You can start these lessons by creating a minibudget with your children. Start with two spending lists: one for essentials and the other for nonessentials. In the essentials category, you might include expenses like lunch money and clothing.

   2005, Virginia B. Morris, A Woman's Guide to Personal Finance

2. UKbusinessA budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving special economic measures.

   Unions have reacted with fury to the prospect of the government scrapping a cap on bankers’ bonuses, as ministers geared up for a return to near-normal politics next week, topped by an emergency mini-budget on Friday.

   2022 September 15, Peter Walker, Matthew Weaver, Aubrey Allegretti, “Kwarteng plan to lift cap on bankers’ bonuses infuriates unions”, in The Guardian