Microbudget

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A very small budget. attributive, often

    "Having scored a distribution deal for this microbudget film she shot with friends in Seattle over a handful of days last summer, Ms. Shelton embarked on a sort of victory lap of the festival circuit."

Example

More examples

"Having scored a distribution deal for this microbudget film she shot with friends in Seattle over a handful of days last summer, Ms. Shelton embarked on a sort of victory lap of the festival circuit."

Etymology

From micro- + budget.

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