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deficit
[ def-uh-sit; British also dih-fis-it ]
noun
- the amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount.
- the amount by which expenditures or liabilities exceed income or assets.
- a lack or shortage; deficiency.
- a disadvantage, impairment, or handicap:
The team's major deficit is its poor pitching.
- a loss, as in the operation of a business.
deficit
/ ˈdɛfɪsɪt; dɪˈfɪsɪt /
noun
- the amount by which an actual sum is lower than that expected or required
- an excess of liabilities over assets
- an excess of expenditures over revenues during a certain period
- an excess of payments over receipts on the balance of payments
deficit
- A shortage, especially the amount by which a sum of money falls short of what is required; a debt .
Other 51Թ Forms
- p·i· noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of deficit1
Example Sentences
It crescendoed in the seventh, when the Dodgers stormed all the way back from what had been a four-run deficit, only to watch a temporary one-run lead fail to last.
Thomas Ramos reduced the deficit from the tee before Sale were millimetres short of a third try as Tom Roebuck was adjudged to have been in touch before diving over.
The long-term aim, and the target of the policy, is to get the US $1.2 trillion trade deficit and the largest country deficits within that down to zero.
Ross Perot’s and Pat Buchanan’s presidential bids in the 1990s centered on the foreign trade imbalance, but what they offered was more xenophobia than a rational plan to fix the trade deficit.
Without more precipitation in the forecast, parts of Southern California could end the wet season in a deficit.
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