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 program drew the majority of its funds from a budget surplus in 2023-2024 fiscal year, city officials have said.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
New funds, the result of a state budget surplus, are allowing the department to speed up construction of multiple interchanges along the highway in the central Treasure Valley, allowing the full corridor that connects Interstate 84 to Emmett to open by 2027, the release said.
—Marcus Dorsey, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2025
He’s managed to pass a sweeping structural reforms package while maintaining a budget surplus.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
As a result, what was believed to be a budget surplus was transformed into a $177 million budget deficit.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
New funds, the result of a state budget surplus, are allowing the department to speed up construction of multiple interchanges along the highway in the central Treasure Valley, allowing the full corridor that connects Interstate 84 to Emmett to open by 2027, the release said.
—Marcus Dorsey, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2025
He’s managed to pass a sweeping structural reforms package while maintaining a budget surplus.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
As a result, what was believed to be a budget surplus was transformed into a $177 million budget deficit.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Budget surplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budget%20surplus. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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