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暫定予算 (ざんていよさん, zanteiyosan) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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The Diet passed a provisional budget.
Until the main budget for the new fiscal year is approved, operations will be conducted under a provisional budget.
Kanji 暫 temporarily, a while, moment 定 determine, fix, establish 予 beforehand, previous, myself 算 calculate, divining, number Don't confuse with 本予算 is the fully approved main budget, whereas 暫定予算 is a temporary stopgap budget used only when the 本予算 has not yet been passed.
暫定予算 is a temporary stop-gap budget used when the regular budget hasn't been approved yet, whereas 補正予算 revises a budget that has already passed.
Etymology Compound of 暫定 (provisional, temporary) and 予算 (budget). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese compound used in fiscal and administrative contexts.