GOVERNMENT,FINANCEused todescribesomething thattakesplacebefore a government'sbudgetisannounced:Thepre-budgetreportprovidesdetailsof newincentivesforsmallbusinesses.(Definition ofpre-budgetfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpre-budget
pre-budgetIn hung councils where a coalition exists,pre-budgetmeetings between coalition partners will be held to avoid damaging splits.From theCambridge English CorpusAn updated assessment will be given in thepre-budgetreport 2001.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The introduction of thepre-budgetreport is evidence of that.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It is a limited return to thepre-budgetzero rating for alterations and does not fall foul of the amendment of the law resolution.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The report on the review of the environmental and health effects of waste management options is due to be published around the time of thepre-budgetreport.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0First there ispre-budgetcontrol; that is to say, an effective machinery for costing and controlling the financial consequences of policies and proposals as they come forward.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/pre-budget##
