The amount available to spend on media. Working media is the portion that actually buys impressions; non-working spend covers fees, data, technology, verification, and creative production. Platforms enforce daily or lifetime budgets and may exceed a daily budget on any given day within a monthly cap, a behavior that surprises advertisers who monitor daily spend.
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Agency Echelon. "Budget." Agency Echelon Reference, reviewed September 2026. https://agencyechelon.com/reference/glossary/budget/