zero-based

Of a budget or budgeting system: such that every expense needs to be approved every year, without the possibility of automatically accepting something because of its prior existence.

Adjective

  1. Of a budget or budgeting system: such that every expense needs to be approved every year, without the possibility of automatically accepting something because of its prior existence.
  2. Of an array or list: such the first element of the array or list is called the zeroth.

Related

zero-sum

Derived

zero-based budget