noun
budget request; request for budgetary appropriations
Used in government and organizational budgeting contexts, referring to the formal submission of estimated expenditure requests.
各省庁は来年度の概算要求を財務省に提出した。
Each ministry and agency submitted its budget request for the next fiscal year to the Ministry of Finance.
予算要求 is a broader term for budget request, while 概算要求 specifically refers to the initial estimated request stage in the Japanese government's budget process.
Compound of 概算 (がいさん, 'approximate calculation') and 要求 (ようきゅう, 'request').