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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.

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

deficit [ˈdɛfɪsɪt dɪˈfɪsɪt]
n
1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) the amount by which an actual sum is lower than that expected or required
2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping)
a.  an excess of liabilities over assets
b.  an excess of expenditures over revenues during a certain period
c.  an excess of payments over receipts on the balance of payments
[from Latin, literally: there is lacking, from dēficere to be lacking]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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"
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

deficit
noun shortfall, shortage, deficiency, loss, default, arrears They're ready to cut the budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
Translations
deficit [ˈdefɪsɪt]
A. N (esp Fin) → déficit m
the balance of payments is in deficitla balanza de pagos es deficitaria
B. CPD deficit financing Nfinanciación f mediante déficit
deficit spending Ngasto m deficitario

deficit [ˈdɛfəsɪt] ndéficit m
to be in deficit [account] → être en déficit

deficit
nDefizit nt

deficit [ˈdɛfɪsɪt] n (Fin) → deficit m inv, disavanzo
to be in deficit → essere in deficit

deficit
n deficit [ˈdefisit]
the amount by which an amount (of money etc) is less than the amount required a deficit of several hundred dollars. tekort, nadelige saldo, agterstand عَجْز مالي дефицит schodek underskud; minus das Defizit έλλειμμα déficit puudujääk کمبود؛ کسری vaje déficit גִירָעוֹן घाटा manjak deficit defisit vöntun; (tekju)halli deficit 赤字 적자 stoka, deficitas deficīts, iztrūkums kekurangan deficit underskudd, manko niedobór défice de­ficit дефицит deficit primanjkljaj deficit underskott, brist, deficit ปริมาณที่ขาด açık, noksan 虧空額,赤字 брак; дефіцит خسارہ số tiền thiếu hụt

deficit عجز فى الميزانية deficit deficit Defizit έλλειμα déficit vaje déficit gubitak deficit 欠損 부족 tekort underskudd deficyt défice, déficit дефицит underskott ปริมาณที่ขาด açık sự thâm hụt 逆差


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