budget chicken

when managers defer payment for something hoping for funding from another departments budget. From the Dilbert cartoon

Dilbert: Did you fund the infrastructure project yet?
Pointy Haired Boss: Nope, I'm playing budget chicken with the Director of Operations. I'm hoping that his department needs the infrastructure more than we do. If I can bluff him into funding the project with his budget instead of mine, I win.

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