budget surplus
noun
: more money than is needed to pay for planned expenses
The state currently has a $3 million budget surplus.
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The Republican's seventh State of the State address discussed how to best utilize Georgia's $11 billion budget surplus, with impending tax cuts also taking center stage.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Virginia’s budget surplus is not by accident and is a result of intentional conservative policies to encourage growth.
—Matt Morgan, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2025
Painful consequences Argentina’s first budget surplus in 12 years has come at a steep cost.
—Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
Winkler anticipates the council will pass the budget surplus allocations before the end of the year.
—Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Virginia’s budget surplus is not by accident and is a result of intentional conservative policies to encourage growth.
—Matt Morgan, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2025
Painful consequences Argentina’s first budget surplus in 12 years has come at a steep cost.
—Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
Winkler anticipates the council will pass the budget surplus allocations before the end of the year.
—Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Budget surplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budget%20surplus. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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