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# Reference/Glossary

<table><thead><tr><th width="179.9998779296875">Term</th><th>Definition</th><th data-hidden></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Budget page</td><td>Where you budget within the Lunch Money app, accessible via the navigation bar under “Finances”.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Budget Settings</td><td>The configuration pop-up where you set up core budgeting options like your budget period, income settings, general pool rollovers, and other preferences. Access it from the top right of the Budget page.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>General Pool</td><td>Your total money available to budget. Includes current period's income, and rollovers from previous periods (<a href="https://support.lunchmoney.app/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget#defining-rollover-options">if you have rollovers enabled</a>).</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Budgeting period</td><td>The time frame for your budget (usually monthly). All income and expenses reset at the end of each period.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Income Settings</td><td>Options that control how your budgetable income is calculated: using budgeted amounts (Expected), actual income received, or the larger of the two.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Income category</td><td>Categories for money coming in (salary, freelance income, etc.). All income flows into your general pool.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Expense category</td><td>Categories for spending (Rent, Groceries, etc.). You assign budgeted amounts to these each period.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Budgeted (amount)</td><td>The amount you plan to spend in a category this period.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Activity</td><td>What you actually spent (or received) so far this period.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Available</td><td>The balance in a category showing how much you can still spend. Includes your budgeted amount, minus what you've spent (activity), plus any rollovers.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Expected</td><td>Income you anticipate receiving this period (shown in income categories).</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Available to Budget</td><td>The total money in your general pool ready to be assigned to categories. Includes income, rollovers, and adjustments minus what you've already budgeted.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Left to Budget</td><td>The amount in your general pool that hasn't been assigned to categories yet. Shows as positive (green) when you have money to assign.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Overbudgeted</td><td>When you've assigned more money to categories than you have available. Shows as negative (red) in your Left to Budget amount.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Net Total Available</td><td>The sum of all Available amounts across your categories plus any unbudgeted money. Represents the minimum liquid cash you need to cover your entire budget. For zero-based budgeters, this should match your actual bank balances.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rollover</td><td>A feature that carries Available balances between periods - whether positive (savings) or negative (overspending).</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rollover option</td><td>The setting for each category that controls how Available balances are handled at period end: do nothing, rollover to same category, or rollover to general pool.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Balance adjustment</td><td>A way to manually set new Available balances for categories or your general pool, starting from a specific date. Useful for corrections or fresh starts.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Budget presets</td><td>Settings that automatically fill in budget amounts each period based on your chosen method (fixed amount, previous spending, etc.).</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>


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