budgétaires

Budgétaire is a French adjective meaning relating to a budget or budgeting. It is used to describe aspects of financial planning, revenue, and expenditure within a government, a public authority, or a private organization. The form budgétaires is the plural; the singular form is budgétaire. The term accompanies nouns such as prévisions budgétaires, dépenses budgétaires, recettes budgétaires, cadre budgétaire, équilibre budgétaire, and politique budgétaire. Common expressions include révision budgétaire (budget revision), cadre budgétaire pluriannuel (multiannual budgetary framework), and mesures budgétaires (budgetary measures). It can also describe the fiscal impact of actions, for example effets budgétaires or impact budgétaire.

In English-language contexts, the closest equivalent is budgetary. In French discourse, budgétaire is widely used in analyses of fiscal policy, public finance, and accounting to distinguish budget-related questions from non-budgetary matters. The term derives from budget, with the French -aire suffix forming an adjective.

See also: budget, budgeting, fiscal policy, public finance, expenditures, revenues.