rainy day fund
noun
US
: a fund of money set aside especially by a government to be used during a time of revenue shortfalls or budget deficits
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In 2014, voters passed Proposition 2, which updated the rules governing the Budget Stabilization Account (better known as the rainy day fund) and created the Public School System Stabilization Account.
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Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
Senators and delegates also passed a handful of technical fixes to the two-year spending plan related to the state retirement system and to a mandatory rainy day fund.
—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
Prior to 1985, the state did not have a rainy day fund that could be used as a cushion during a downturn.
—Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
Legislators launched a major savings program in 2017 that helped build the rainy day fund and strengthen Connecticut’s fiscal position in the short term.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2023
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Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
Senators and delegates also passed a handful of technical fixes to the two-year spending plan related to the state retirement system and to a mandatory rainy day fund.
—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
Prior to 1985, the state did not have a rainy day fund that could be used as a cushion during a downturn.
—Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
Legislators launched a major savings program in 2017 that helped build the rainy day fund and strengthen Connecticut’s fiscal position in the short term.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2023
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“Rainy day fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainy%20day%20fund. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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