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deficit
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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
Noun
the amount by which a sum is lower than that expected or required [Latin: there is 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
Translations
deficit [ˈdɛfɪsɪt] ndéficit m

deficit [ˈdɛfɪsɪt] ndéficit m

deficit [ˈdɛfɪsɪt] nDefizit nt

deficit [ˈdɛfɪsɪt] ndisavanzo

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 alijäämä déficit גִירָעוֹן घाटा manjak deficit defisit vöntun; (tekju)halli deficit 赤字 부족액, 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


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