0 used to describe something that takes place before a government's budget is announced:
The pre-budget report provides details of new incentives for small businesses.
In hung councils where a coalition exists, pre-budget meetings between coalition partners will be held to avoid damaging splits.
An updated assessment will be given in the pre-budget report 2001.
The introduction of the pre-budget report is evidence of that.
It is a limited return to the pre-budget zero rating for alterations and does not fall foul of the amendment of the law resolution.
The report on the review of the environmental and health effects of waste management options is due to be published around the time of the pre-budget report.
First there is pre-budget control; that is to say, an effective machinery for costing and controlling the financial consequences of policies and proposals as they come forward.
