Meaning of DEFICIT
| Pronunciation: | | 'defisit
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- [n] the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- [n] an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
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| | Synonyms: | | shortage, shortfall |
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| | See Also: | | budget deficit, deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, liabilities, oxygen deficit, trade deficit | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Def"i*cit\, n. [Lit., it is wanting, 3d person pres.
indic. of L. deficere, cf. F. d['e]ficit. See {Defect}.]
Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a
deficit in taxes, revenue, etc. --Addison.
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| | Related Terms: | | absence, arrear, arrearage, arrears, back debts, back payments, balance, beggary, bouncing check, break, credit, decline, defalcation, default, defect, defectiveness, deferred payments, deficiency, deficit financing, delinquency, deprivation, destitution, difference, discontinuity, discrepancy, dollar gap, drought, epact, failure, falling short, famine, gap, hiatus, imperfection, impoverishment, inadequacy, incompleteness, inferiority, insufficiency, interval, lack, lacuna, loss, missing link, need, net, omission, outage, overdraft, remainder, scantiness, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, slump, starvation, surplus, ullage, underage, want, wantage |
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