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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.
補正予算が成立した。
The supplementary budget was passed.
政府は災害復旧のための補正予算を編成した。
The government compiled a supplementary budget for disaster recovery.
今年度の補正予算には子育て支援の拡充が盛り込まれている。
This fiscal year's supplementary budget includes an expansion of childcare support.
Composed of 補正 (correction, revision) and 予算 (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) in response to natural disasters, economic downturns, or new policy initiatives.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 補正予算を編成する (to compile a supplementary budget)
- 補正予算が成立する (a supplementary budget is enacted)
- 補正予算を提出する (to submit a supplementary budget)
- 補正予算の規模 (scale of the supplementary budget)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 補正予算: supplementary budget (amends the original)
- 当初予算: initial budget (the original annual budget)
- 暫定予算: provisional budget (temporary, when main budget is delayed)