The United States accounts for upward of 45 percent of global military spending, with an annual budget fast approaching $500 billion.

In the Bundesliga, clubs have annual budgets approaching $2 million, and top players - often imported stars - earn six-figure salaries.

With a student enrollment of more than 10,000 and an annual budget approaching 200 million dollars, UW-Eau Claire is the largest of the four postsecondary schools in the city.

Dragonbane was an unusually large LARP project with a budget approaching 1 million euros.

The new film, which appears to take place in a state of perpetual springtime with a cut-flower budget approaching seven figures, also makes upscale prettiness one of its selling points.

The peacekeeping operation in Cambodia is the largest in the history of the United Nations, with a budget approaching $2 billion and a staff drawn from more than 100 nations.

The school appears to be in good financial health, with an annual budget approaching $44 million set against an endowment of $435 million.

The department employs over 6,000 people, and has an annual budget approaching $3 billion.

With a budget approaching £100?

The Met, which has an annual budget approaching $100 million, is far and away the largest performing-arts institution in the United States.