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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In 2023, Minnesota had a budget surplus of nearly $18 billion.
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2025
What is even more disturbing is that our current administration inherited a $5 billion budget surplus.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
In 2024, Texas had a budget surplus of nearly $33 billion.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
With Connecticut facing the possibility of exceeding the cap by $61 million, Lamont is reining in spending, annoying some liberal Democrats who note that the state is simultaneously looking at a budget surplus.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2025
What is even more disturbing is that our current administration inherited a $5 billion budget surplus.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
In 2024, Texas had a budget surplus of nearly $33 billion.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
With Connecticut facing the possibility of exceeding the cap by $61 million, Lamont is reining in spending, annoying some liberal Democrats who note that the state is simultaneously looking at a budget surplus.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Budget surplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budget%20surplus. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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