määräraha

määrä (“purpose, end; amount”) +‎ raha (“money”); an amount of money dedicated for a given purpose.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæːræˌrɑhɑ/, [ˈmæːræˌrɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mää‧rä‧ra‧ha

määräraha

1. budget, appropriation (amount of money earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame)

   Museon määrärahat eivät riitä edes välttämättömiin hankintoihin.

   The budget of the museum is not sufficient even for the essential purchases.

   Puolustusvoimille myönnettiin 7 miljardin euron määräraha vuodeksi 2016.

   The Defence Forces were granted a €7 billion appropriation for 2016.

2. allowance, purse, appropriation (quantity of money given for a particular purpose)

   Minulla on tuhannen euron määräraha tarvikehankintoihin.

   I have an allowance of one thousand euros for purchasing the necessities.

3. allocation

• (budget): This term is mostly used in public sector, where the funds are allocated from a central source. When referring to a budget of a functional unit, used often in plural. Singular often refers to an individual line (such as traveling expenses) of a larger budget.

• “määräraha”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• rahamäärä