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Zero-Based Budget

A budgeting method where every dollar of income is assigned a job — spending, saving, or debt — until the total equals zero.

“Zero” means fully allocated, not spent — leftover money still gets assigned, typically to savings or extra debt payments, rather than left to vanish untracked.

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What is Zero-Based Budget in simple terms?
“Zero” means fully allocated, not spent — leftover money still gets assigned, typically to savings or extra debt payments, rather than left to vanish untracked.