nondeficit
Not in red
Nondeficit describes a financial state without a deficit—where spending doesn't exceed revenue or resources don't fall short of requirements.
The term appears mainly in policy and budget discussions: nondeficit spending, a nondeficit budget.
It's a bureaucratic way of saying balanced or solvent without committing to the word surplus.
Capacity to pay debts
- break-evenNo net gain
- balanced budgetSpending matching revenue
- financial healthState of monetary stability
- fiscal responsibilityPrudent management of funds
creditworthiness · liquidity · soundness · prudence · debt-free · economic sustainability · in the black · solvent
Being barely acceptable
- enoughMeeting the requirement
- ampleFully sufficient, even excessive
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
- sufficientMeeting minimum requirements
acceptable · competent · suitable · passable · baseline · threshold · minimum requirement · functional
Surplus beyond need
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- profitGain exceeding expenditure
- overageAmount beyond expected
- remainderWhat's left over
windfall · gain · bonus · stockpile · reserve · cushion · buffer · margin
Steadiness or amount owed
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- steady-stateCondition of constant balance
- parityState of being equal
evenness · symmetry · proportionality · harmony · equipoise · constancy · alignment · calibration
solvency
Capacity to pay debts
- break-evenNo net gain
- balanced budgetSpending matching revenue
- financial healthState of monetary stability
fiscal responsibility · creditworthiness · liquidity · soundness · prudence · debt-free · economic sustainability · in the black · solvent
adequacy
Being barely acceptable
- enoughMeeting the requirement
- ampleFully sufficient, even excessive
- satisfactoryMeeting minimum requirements
sufficient · acceptable · competent · suitable · passable · baseline · threshold · minimum requirement · functional · workable
excess
Surplus beyond need
remainder · windfall · gain · bonus · stockpile · reserve · cushion · buffer · margin · net gain
balance
Steadiness or amount owed
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance
- steady-stateCondition of constant balance
parity · evenness · symmetry · proportionality · harmony · equipoise · constancy · alignment · calibration · zero-sum
nondeficitdeficit
Amount still owed
in the red · in the hole · shortfall · budget deficit · negative balance
deficit, deficits, deficient, deficiency, deficiencies, deficiently