noun
budgetary request guidelines; ceiling for budget requests
A technical term used in Japanese government budgeting, referring to the upper limit or guidelines set for each ministry's budget requests.
財務省は来年度の概算要求基準を発表した。
The Ministry of Finance announced the budgetary request guidelines for the next fiscal year.
Compound of 概算 (approximate estimate), 要求 (request), and 基準 (standard/criteria).