The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BUDGET
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result BUDGET
- Cheap Mac to acquire
- Cheap beer, see?
- Treasury’s first to follow shift in economic plan
- Begin to understand financial plan
- Be thrifty and move on time
- Begin to develop secure financial plan
- Economical plan
- US chum needs to obtain sum of money allocated
- Means stir facing time
- Sign of growth? Then obtain financial allowance
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The straight part
We know that "Cheap" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cheap = budget.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BUDGET mean?
BUDGET noun- The amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or time-frame.
- An itemized summary of intended expenditure; usually coupled with expected revenue.
- A wallet, purse or bag.
- A compact collection of things.
- A socket in which the end of a cavalry carbine rests.
- To construct or draw up a budget.
- To provide funds, allow for in a budget.
- To plan for the use of in a budget.
- Of or relating to a budget.
- Appropriate to a restricted budget.