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The word comes from the French "bougette", a little bag.
unknown title 2009
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Cotgrave translates bougette "a little coffer or trunk ... covered with leather."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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BUDGET (originally from a Gallic word meaning sack, latinized as _bulga_, leather wallet or bag, thence in O.Fr. _bougette_, from which the Eng. form is derived), the name applied to an account of the ways and means by which the income and expenditure for a definite period are to be balanced, generally by a finance minister for his state, or by analogy for smaller bodies.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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English budget came via French bougette little bag, and was then exported back to French with its new sense.
NY Daily News 2011
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The word 'budget', according to the Oxford Dictionary, is derived from the Old French bougette, the diminutive of bouge, which meant, very simply, a leather bag.
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Some etymologists say that considering the crores of rupees mopped up in today's budgets, the use of the diminutive bougette is no longer warranted, and we should call it a Budge instead of a Budget.
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Authorities agree that budget is from the archaic French bougette, diminutive of bouge, 'pocket, purse' (Old French bolge, diminutive bolgete).
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