budget surplus

noun

: more money than is needed to pay for planned expenses

The state currently has a $3 million budget surplus.

Examples of budget surplus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It's been more than 20 years since the federal government's last budget surplus, which occurred in 2001. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

My former home state, Connecticut, announced another budget surplus, the 8th year in a row. — Elona Vaisnys, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026

And, while other states had balked at the fifty-million-dollar price tag that Hubbard deemed necessary for the clinical trials, Texas had ended the year with a twenty-four-billion-dollar budget surplus from oil and gas revenues. — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

Total utility expenditures for June were held to $249,453, leaving a net monthly utility budget surplus of $31,484. — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026

Rhymes for budget surplus

• surplice