ballin on a budget 

1) when it appears that you have a lot more money than you actually have.

2) to go out and have a good time, but with limited funds

Doug: Yo kid, we hittin the bars tonight. You down?
Jamal: Yeah, I'll come, but I can't be goin nowhere 'spensive.... I'm ballin on a budget right now.

ballin on a budget by Dancendiary March 4, 2008

ballin' on a budget

The act of ballin whilst strapped for cash.

Yo mang until the first I be ballin' on a budget, ya heard?

Man fuck the nigga, he ballin' on a budget, shit his chain made of plastic.

ballin' on a budget by ThugDoubt March 24, 2004

Ballin on a budget 

Ballin' on the budget:

-When a baller ("Livin large" or one who lives the lavish life) of high financial status and capital gain (typically a minority of african or sub-saharan ancestry) is in a time of economic misfortune, has a low cash flow and/or has a limited supply of cash (currency or legal tender for debts) on his or her person is abruptly confronted in a catch 22 of finance and cannot afford to pay at all or full price of a usual product or service in ones financial spectrum causing them to not purchase a product/service or find a budget friendly alternative to their prospective purchase typically a service/product from either a less prestigious or 3rd party establishment.

-Example (1): Nigga looks thug with that rolex, too bad its fake. "Ballin on a budget" pshh.

-Example (2): My dawg just pulled up in da S550 to bad dose insufficient funds on on his debit card, da niggas gotta ride on reggula gas. Ballin on a budget pshh.

Ballin on a budget by Deee Peeee April 29, 2013