Catchword: budget dust

Filed under: English, Money & Finance

Part of speech: n.

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’”

Author:
Rebecca Cook

Article, document, publication, web site:
AP

Dateline:
Olympia, Wash.

Date of publication:
Dec. 29, 2002

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