budget squeeze



budget squeeze

and budget crunch
n. a situation where there is not enough money in the budget. Facing another budget squeeze, the legislators were forced to put off their pay increase. If it wasn’t for the budget crunch, I’d get a good raise this year.
See also: budget, squeeze

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Acketts['ækits]
Daisukedah-ee-soo-keJapanese
Kasimirakah-zee-MEE-rahGerman (Archaic)
Cosmin-Romanian
Dobrogostdaw-BRAW-gawst (Polish)Polish (Rare), Medieval Slavic
KenrickKEN-rikEnglish (Rare)