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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To balance the budget, district officials could be forced to make millions of spending reductions.
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
The plan continues an agreement to take $7.1 billion from the state’s rainy day fund to help cover the deficit and taps into another $6.5 billion from other cash reserves to balance the budget.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The mayor also rejected the council’s decision to restore the chief operating officer position, a $450,000-a-year job the mayor eliminated last winter to help balance the budget.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
The city had issued 6,133 daylighting citations through the end of May, prompting the city’s independent budget analyst to estimate the fines could help balance the budget during the new fiscal year by generating $850,000.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
The plan continues an agreement to take $7.1 billion from the state’s rainy day fund to help cover the deficit and taps into another $6.5 billion from other cash reserves to balance the budget.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The mayor also rejected the council’s decision to restore the chief operating officer position, a $450,000-a-year job the mayor eliminated last winter to help balance the budget.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
The city had issued 6,133 daylighting citations through the end of May, prompting the city’s independent budget analyst to estimate the fines could help balance the budget during the new fiscal year by generating $850,000.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 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 3 Jul. 2025.
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