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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Lately, there have been discussions by the City Council of possible funding cuts to the Police Department in order to balance the budget.
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
Impower provided housing and mental health support and also helped Arencibia earn her high school diploma and learn life skills, like how to balance a budget.
—Michael Cuglietta, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
And Wagner has pointed to the drying up of pandemic relief funds as another wrinkle in the district's efforts to balance the budget, which school districts in Ohio must do every year by the end of June.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 30 May 2024
Listen to this article Facing stagnant funds, inflated costs and the expiration of millions in COVID relief, Hartford Public Schools warned community members at a virtual forum that the district will need to make drastic cuts to services in order to balance the budget next school year.
—Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
Impower provided housing and mental health support and also helped Arencibia earn her high school diploma and learn life skills, like how to balance a budget.
—Michael Cuglietta, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
And Wagner has pointed to the drying up of pandemic relief funds as another wrinkle in the district's efforts to balance the budget, which school districts in Ohio must do every year by the end of June.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 30 May 2024
Listen to this article Facing stagnant funds, inflated costs and the expiration of millions in COVID relief, Hartford Public Schools warned community members at a virtual forum that the district will need to make drastic cuts to services in order to balance the budget next school year.
—Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
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