balance a/the budget
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: to have enough money to provide the amount to be spent
The government may have to raise taxes to balance the budget.
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The now-seven-week walkout has left the aerospace company at a standstill, leading Boeing’s new CEO Kelly Ortberg to quickly try to balance the budget with additional layoffs and furloughs.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Analysts say policymakers are in a difficult spot, having pledged to reduce debt as a share of GDP within the next five years and balance the budget so revenues meet costs, while also promising not to increase several major taxes, including on income, sales and corporations.
—Ryan Browne,jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
However, cuts might not balance the budget after all.
—Tim Clouser | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Oct. 2024
Deficits and growth Would Trump’s tariffs be enough to balance the budget?
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Analysts say policymakers are in a difficult spot, having pledged to reduce debt as a share of GDP within the next five years and balance the budget so revenues meet costs, while also promising not to increase several major taxes, including on income, sales and corporations.
—Ryan Browne,jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
However, cuts might not balance the budget after all.
—Tim Clouser | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Oct. 2024
Deficits and growth Would Trump’s tariffs be enough to balance the budget?
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Balance a/the budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balance%20a%2Fthe%20budget. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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