balance a/the budget
idiom
: to have enough money to provide the amount to be spent
The government may have to raise taxes to balance the budget.
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Of course, no one will touch the teacher’s unions to help balance the budget.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2025
Governors routinely have used them to balance the budget, and lawmakers tasked Lamont with finding $182.7 million in efficiency savings throughout the fiscal year.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025
Donald Trump promised his administration is going to balance the budget.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Now is not the time to balance the budget on the back of the library.
—Patrick Stewart, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2025
Governors routinely have used them to balance the budget, and lawmakers tasked Lamont with finding $182.7 million in efficiency savings throughout the fiscal year.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025
Donald Trump promised his administration is going to balance the budget.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Now is not the time to balance the budget on the back of the library.
—Patrick Stewart, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for balance a/the budget
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“Balance a/the budget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balance%20a%2Fthe%20budget. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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