A tentative budget is a plan or estimate of how much money you expect to spend or receive in the future. It is not final or set in stone because it may change as more information becomes available. Full definition
DANNEMORA A public hearing on the Town of Dannemora's tentative budget for 2018 was held last Thursday. (suncommunitynews.com)
Sen. Jeff Klein, a Bronx Democrat who leads a breakaway group of Democrats that has an alliance with Republicans, went so far as to say there was a «tentative budget deal.» (buffalonews.com)
(Calif.) A tentative budget agreement still under negotiation would delay Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to pay off all the money owed schools from past apportionment deferrals and use some of those dollars — perhaps as much as $ 450 million — to begin paying down the estimated $ 4.5 billion in unpaid mandate claims. (k-12daily.org)