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 state is sitting on a massive budget surplus, yet lawmakers refuse to allocate enough funding.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
To help offset this burden, the NCAA will allocate $55 million from a budget surplus toward the damages.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The resulting budget surplus would offset the deficits incurred at the other end of the cycle.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
During last month, Abbott announced property tax relief as an emergency item for the state's 89th legislative session, calling for using at least $10 billion of Texas's budget surplus for property tax relief.
—Giulia Carbonaro, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
To help offset this burden, the NCAA will allocate $55 million from a budget surplus toward the damages.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The resulting budget surplus would offset the deficits incurred at the other end of the cycle.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
During last month, Abbott announced property tax relief as an emergency item for the state's 89th legislative session, calling for using at least $10 billion of Texas's budget surplus for property tax relief.
—Giulia Carbonaro, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Budget surplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budget%20surplus. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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