Catchword for “budget dust”
Catchword: budget dust
Filed Under: English, Money & Finance
Part of Speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: It seems strange to talk about $30 million here and there as mere budget dust—as the budget writers call it. But in the state’s $23 billion budget, $30 million is a bit like the loose change you find under your sofa cushions.
Article or Document Title:
“In state spending, hot-button items amount to mere ‘budget dust’”
“In state spending, hot-button items amount to mere ‘budget dust’”
Author:
Rebecca Cook
Rebecca Cook
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
AP
AP
Dateline:
Olympia, Wash.
Olympia, Wash.
Date of Publication:
Dec. 29, 2002
Dec. 29, 2002
This cite belongs to a full entry for budget dust.
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