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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Little ‘confident’ federal roles will remain even as layoffs begin
Much of Idaho’s resiliency to federal funding cuts will depend on its maintenance of a state budget surplus, Little said Tuesday.
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Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2025
The state is sitting on a massive budget surplus, yet lawmakers refuse to allocate enough funding.
—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
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Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2025
The state is sitting on a massive budget surplus, yet lawmakers refuse to allocate enough funding.
—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
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“Budget surplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budget%20surplus. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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