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budgétaire

budgetary; fiscal

adjective bood-zheh-TER Rare

Usage Note

Budgétaire is a formal adjective used in political and economic contexts: contrainte budgétaire (budget constraint), déficit budgétaire (budget deficit). It is invariable in form between masculine and feminine (un équilibre budgétaire / une loi budgétaire). The root noun is le budget, borrowed from English.

Examples

"Les coupes budgétaires ont affecté les services publics."

Natural Translation

The budget cuts affected public services.

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