Budget
Budget adjective - Costing little.
Usage example: a budget phone plan for people on fixed incomes
Expensive
Expensive adjective - Commanding a large price.
Both words in one sentence
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Thanks to their powers being too expensive to render on a TV budget, the Generation X TV movie replaced Husk and Chamber with two Suspiciously Similar Substitutes named Buff and Refrax.
Source: Expy / Film -
Fleecing the budget is when the creator of a show adds something into the lineup that isn't there for any reason apart from the fact that it is profoundly expensive.
Source: Fleece The Budget -
This was due to budget reasons (the key animation was done in-house, which is very expensive for a low-budget series such as this) Crossover: With The Mighty Heroes in "Heroes and Zeroes".
Source: Western Animation / Mighty Mouse
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