balanced budget
noun[C]
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abudgetin which theamountofmoneythat isplannedto bespentis nogreaterthan theincometo bereceived:
Bylaw, thegovernormustproposeandlawmakersmustadoptabalancedbudget.
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While school officials tried to create abalancedbudget, it became apparent sometime in 2004/2005 that cuts would soon have to be made.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The party's financial austerity program resulted in abalancedbudgetin 1995, the first in 20 years.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is running on a platform of change and is emphasizing the need for abalancedbudget.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For the 2012-13 school year budget, the district intends to use $1.36 million from its substantial fund balance to achieve abalancedbudget.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Following months of difficult negotiations, the city passed abalancedbudgetby taking $19.8 million from its reserve funds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She called forbalancedbudgetlegislation, rent controls in the private rented sector and looking as to whether wealthy individuals should keep certain universal benefits.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its economic policy focussed mainly on keeping abalancedbudgetfor government spending and income.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The party was fiscally conservative, supporting abalancedbudget.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But note also that he made no exception for war, but rather saw the requirement of maintaining abalancedbudgetas a salutary deterrent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In spite of all these measures, he has so far been unable to finish with abalancedbudget.
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