budget surplus

American  

[buhj-it sur-pluhs] / ˈbʌdʒ ɪt ˈsɜr plʌs /

noun

• budget surpluses
  plural

1. more funds available or expected than required for expenses according to a budget.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• budget surpluses
  plural

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budget surplus

In seven out of the 13 years between 1947 and 1960, the federal government actually ran a budget surplus.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

While Martin’s government faces a range of domestic problems, including a worsening housing crisis and a patchwork health care system, it also has loads of money and a huge budget surplus.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026

The ONS said that the current budget surplus, which measures the gap between day-to-day spending and revenues, was 40.9 billion pounds in January.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

In January, Milei scored a major economic victory when it emerged that 2024 was the first year in more than a decade that Argentina had registered a budget surplus.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025

So, with our budget surplus growing, our economy expanding, our confidence rising, now is the moment for this generation to meet our historic responsibility to the 21st century.

From State of the Union Address by William Jefferson Clinton