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, the U.S. debt load has been rising significantly for years ever since President Clinton and Congress managed to balance the budget in the 1990s.
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Rafael Nam, NPR, 7 July 2025
The district has relied for many years on banking money that would have paid the salaries of unfilled vacancies to balance the budget, and some positions that were previously funded by pandemic relief funding are now being paid for out of the district's general education budget.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 5 July 2025
The city had issued 6,133 daylighting citations through the end of May, prompting the city’s independent budget analyst to estimate the fines could help balance the budget during the new fiscal year by generating $850,000.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025
Across the street from the Gold Dome, budget writers from both parties trimmed, hacked, massaged and pushed off payments to balance a budget that started $1.2 billion out of whack.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 9 May 2025
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Rafael Nam, NPR, 7 July 2025
The district has relied for many years on banking money that would have paid the salaries of unfilled vacancies to balance the budget, and some positions that were previously funded by pandemic relief funding are now being paid for out of the district's general education budget.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 5 July 2025
The city had issued 6,133 daylighting citations through the end of May, prompting the city’s independent budget analyst to estimate the fines could help balance the budget during the new fiscal year by generating $850,000.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025
Across the street from the Gold Dome, budget writers from both parties trimmed, hacked, massaged and pushed off payments to balance a budget that started $1.2 billion out of whack.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 9 May 2025
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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 30 Jul. 2025.
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