The Macquarie Budget Dictionary meets the needs of readers without stretching their finances. It is an up-to-date small dictionary with all the coverage of world English and Australian English that can be distilled into its compact, easy-to-carry format. And it is now being updated annually!

New words and meanings have been added, reflecting the quickly changing nature of our language. This new 2009 Edition includes such up-to-date items as avatar, blogebrity, Big Mac index, brane, carbon-neutral, climate canary, click fraud, card skimming, crowdsource, digital native, living bandage, password fatigue and vodcasting.

This new edition, like its predecessors, has been compiled with the needs of the general reader in mind, and is ideal for home, school or office.