balance a/the budget
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: 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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The city’s budget, policy and strategic planning division published a list of these reductions strategies Friday, which will guide the council in its process to balance the budget in the coming months.
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Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
With billions of dollars in federal pandemic money no longer available to Illinois, the next spending plan promises to be a test of fiscal discipline for a Democratic governor who was forced to raise taxes by hundreds of millions of dollars last year to balance the budget.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
A lot of people have been lying to us, especially the ones who insisted the only way to balance the budget is to reduce Social Security benefits, limit Medicare and raise taxes.
—Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2025
But with the city having to temper its revenue expectations, Mahan said the City Council will need to make some tradeoffs to help balance the budget.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
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Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
With billions of dollars in federal pandemic money no longer available to Illinois, the next spending plan promises to be a test of fiscal discipline for a Democratic governor who was forced to raise taxes by hundreds of millions of dollars last year to balance the budget.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
A lot of people have been lying to us, especially the ones who insisted the only way to balance the budget is to reduce Social Security benefits, limit Medicare and raise taxes.
—Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2025
But with the city having to temper its revenue expectations, Mahan said the City Council will need to make some tradeoffs to help balance the budget.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 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 17 Mar. 2025.
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