BUDGETING
Noun
budgeting (countable and uncountable, plural budgetings)
The activity of constructing a budget.
Verb
budgeting
present participle of budget
Source: Wiktionary
BUDGET
Budg"et, n. Etym: [OE. bogett, bouget, F. bougette bag, wallet, dim.
of OF. boge, bouge, leather bag. See Budge, n., and cf. Bouget.]
1. A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an
accumulation; as, a budget of inventions.
2. The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the
exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general
view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of
taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a
similar statement in other countries. To open the budget, to lay
before a legislative body the financial estimates and plans of the
executive government.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition