budget
In French, 'budget' is used exactly like in English, to refer to the amount of money allocated for a specific purpose. It can be used in various contexts such as personal finance, business planning, or government spending.
We need to reduce our budget.
This sentence is used when there is a need to decrease spending. 'Nous devons' translates as 'we need to', 'réduire' translates as 'reduce' and 'notre budget' as 'our budget'.
The budget is tight this month.
This sentence is used when there's not much money available for expenditure in the given month. 'Le budget est' translates as 'the budget is', and 'serré ce mois-ci' translates to 'tight this month'.
They have a limited budget.
This sentence is typically used to describe a situation where someone has a restriction on the amount of money available for use. 'Ils ont' translates as 'they have', and 'un budget limité' as 'a limited budget'.'