deficit

def·i·cit  (df-st)

n.

1.

a. Inadequacy or insufficiency: a deficit in grain production.

b. A deficiency or impairment in mental or physical functioning.

c. An unfavorable condition or position; a disadvantage: rallied from a three-game deficit to win the playoffs.

2.

a. The amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required or expected amount; a shortage: large budget deficits.

b. A business loss.

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[French déficit, from Latin dficit, it is lacking, third person sing. present tense of dficere, to fail, be lacking; see defect.]

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deficit

Noun

the amount by which a sum is lower than that expected or required [Latin: there is lacking]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	deficit - the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit" shortage, shortfall inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" oxygen deficit - temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise
	2.	deficit - a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits" deficiency, lack, want - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
	3.	deficit - (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition score - a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0" lead - (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
	4.	deficit - an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit" liabilities - anything that is owed to someone else budget deficit - an excess of expenditures over revenues trade deficit - an excess of imports over exports

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deficit

noun shortfall, shortage, deficiency, loss, default, arrears

Translations

deficit [ˈdɛfɪsɪt] n → déficit m

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deficit [ˈdɛfɪsɪt] n → déficit m

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deficit [ˈdɛfɪsɪt] n → Defizit nt

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deficit [ˈdɛfɪsɪt] n → disavanzo