Relating to or involving a budget or the planning of financial expenditures. Used to describe matters concerning the allocation and management of financial resources.
From French 'bougette' meaning small leather pouch, which evolved into 'budget' in English by the 18th century. The suffix '-ary' was added to create the adjectival form, following the pattern of words like 'military' or 'parliamentary'.
The word budget originally referred to the leather pouch that the British Chancellor of the Exchequer carried when presenting financial plans to Parliament. This explains why we still 'open the budget' during government financial announcements, literally referencing the opening of that ceremonial bag.
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