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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President Trump welcomed a rare bit of good news in June — a $27 billion monthly federal budget surplus.
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Jon Toomey, Boston Herald, 26 July 2025
To start with finance and economics, Ireland is unusual internationally in terms of its budget surplus, other countries are in a much tougher place.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Mount Healthy City Schools may reach a sliver of a budget surplus at the end of the fiscal year, roughly one year after the state placed the district under fiscal emergency, officials said.
—The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The association’s feasibility study by Berkson Associates projected a $74.8 million first-year city budget for La Jolla, with an $8 million budget surplus.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
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Jon Toomey, Boston Herald, 26 July 2025
To start with finance and economics, Ireland is unusual internationally in terms of its budget surplus, other countries are in a much tougher place.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Mount Healthy City Schools may reach a sliver of a budget surplus at the end of the fiscal year, roughly one year after the state placed the district under fiscal emergency, officials said.
—The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The association’s feasibility study by Berkson Associates projected a $74.8 million first-year city budget for La Jolla, with an $8 million budget surplus.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
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“Budget surplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budget%20surplus. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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