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Deficit Meaning & Definition
Deficit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deficit?

[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)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deficit: shortage | shortfall

Related Terms | Find terms related to Deficit: 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

See Also | budget deficit | deficiency | inadequacy | insufficiency | liabilities | oxygen deficit | trade deficit

Deficit In Webster's Dictionary

\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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