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Detailed Synonyms for deficit in English

deficit:

deficit [the ~] noun

  1. the deficit
    the shortage; the deficiency; the lack; the deficit; the shortcoming; the insufficiency; the shortfall
  2. the deficit
    the debit; the deficit; the overdraft; the bank debt
  3. the deficit
    – the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required 1
    the deficit; the shortage; the shortfall
    – the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required 1
    • deficit [the ~] noun
      • new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit1
    • shortage [the ~] noun
    • shortfall [the ~] noun
  4. the deficit
    – an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period) 1
    the deficit
    – an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period) 1
    • deficit [the ~] noun
      • last year there was a serious budgetary deficit1
  5. the deficit
    – (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing 1
    the deficit
    – (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing 1
  6. the deficit
    – a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning 1
    the deficit
    – a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning 1
    • deficit [the ~] noun
      • the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory1
      • they have serious linguistic deficits1

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Related Definitions for "deficit":

  1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required1
    • new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit1
  2. an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)1
    • last year there was a serious budgetary deficit1
  3. (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing1
  4. a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning1
    • the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory1
    • they have serious linguistic deficits1

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