balance a/the budget
idiom
: 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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Republicans took a business-friendly approach, working to reduce government regulations, balance the budget, cut spending, lower taxes, and let the economy function without interference.
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Justin Peck / Made By History, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
These measures are part of a broader effort to balance the budget by cutting unnecessary expenditures.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Democrats and Republicans have different views on the situation as state officials try to balance the budget against the backdrop of a volatile stock market reeling over uncertainty from President Donald J. Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
The president who caused the biggest recent cutback in the bureaucracy – and the last to balance the budget — was a Democrat, Bill Clinton.
—Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
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Justin Peck / Made By History, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
These measures are part of a broader effort to balance the budget by cutting unnecessary expenditures.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Democrats and Republicans have different views on the situation as state officials try to balance the budget against the backdrop of a volatile stock market reeling over uncertainty from President Donald J. Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
The president who caused the biggest recent cutback in the bureaucracy – and the last to balance the budget — was a Democrat, Bill Clinton.
—Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
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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 Apr. 2025.
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