budgetize

English

Etymology

From budget +‎ -ize.

Verb

budgetize (third-person singular simple present budgetizes, present participle budgetizing, simple past and past participle budgetized) (uncommon)

(transitive) To adapt to, or incorporate into, a budget.
- 1995, Official Journal of the European Communities: Debates of the European Parliament · Issues 465–467, page 11:
  A unilateral approach is even less promising given the complexity of the financial and legal questions raised by any attempt to budgetize the fund.
- 2020, Republic of Kazakhstan: Selected Issues, International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept., page 52:
  It would be best to bring QFAs fully onto the budget (that is, to “budgetize” the QFAs).
(transitive) To manage (something) according to a budget, so as to save money.
- 2009, Annie Korzen, Bargain Junkie: Living the Good Life on the Cheap, page 99:
  Travel costs money, but I've always found ways to budgetize my trips. For starters, I never take tours.

Derived terms

budgetizer