surplus budget

noun

A budget in which estimated or actual revenues exceed planned or actual expenditures over a given period.

“The government achieved a surplus budget by cutting defense spending and increasing tax revenues.”

Opposite
deficit budget
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Meanings

nounsurplus budget (plural surplus budgets)

plural surplus budgets

  1. public policybusinessA budget in which estimated or actual revenues exceed planned or actual expenditures over a given period.

    The government achieved a surplus budget by cutting defense spending and increasing tax revenues.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
deficit budget

Origin

From surplus + budget.

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