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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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 Did another huge budget surplus motivate Democrat lawmakers to institute any across-the-board tax reforms? — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026 Reductions in Saudi’s oil exports, because of the blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, follows years of lower oil prices and growing budget deficits in the kingdom—since 2013, Riyadh has reported one budget surplus when oil prices passed $100 a barrel in 2022. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Coolidge dramatically lowered Taxes, slashed Federal spending, 1maintained high Tariffs, cut the National Debt, vetoed large spending bills, and even ran a Federal budget surplus. — New York Times, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for budget surplus

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