operating budget

1. 1.

   a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements

   Broaderbudget

   Partsoperating expense

Questions about operating budget

What does operating budget mean?

operating budget means "a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements".

Is operating budget a common word?

operating budget is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.