補正予算(ほせいよさん)

ほせいよさん
noun
supplementary budget; revised budget
formallegalbusiness
1. supplementary budget; revised budget; amended budget
A budget that modifies the original annual budget, typically passed to fund unexpected expenses such as disaster relief, economic stimulus measures, or policy changes that arise during the fiscal year.
補正予算(ほせいよさん)が成立(せいりつ)した。
The supplementary budget was passed.
政府(せいふ)は災害(さいがい)復旧(ふっきゅう)のための補正予算(ほせいよさん)を編成(へんせい)した。
The government compiled a supplementary budget for disaster recovery.
今年度(こんねんど)の補正予算(ほせいよさん)には子育(こそだ)て支援(しえん)の拡充(かくじゅう)が盛(も)り込(こ)まれている。
This fiscal year's supplementary budget includes an expansion of childcare support.

Composed of 補正(ほせい) (correction, revision) and 予算(よさん) (budget). In Japan, supplementary budgets are common and often quite large, sometimes rivaling the original budget in scale.

The Japanese government typically submits supplementary budgets to the Diet (国会(こっかい)) in response to natural disasters, economic downturns, or new policy initiatives.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 補正予算(ほせいよさん): supplementary budget (amends the original)
  • 当初予算(とうしょよさん): initial budget (the original annual budget)
  • 暫定予算(ざんていよさん): provisional budget (temporary, when main budget is delayed)

Related Words

Related: 追加(ついか)予算(よさん) (additional budget)
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