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deficiency

  (dĭ-fĭsh'ən-sē) pronunciation
n., pl. -cies.
  1. The quality or condition of being deficient; incompleteness or inadequacy.
  2. A lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health; an insufficiency: a nutritional deficiency.

 
 

In mortgage finance, the shortfall of funds recovered through the sale of property securing a foreclosed loan compared to the amount of debt, accrued interest, foreclosure expenses, and damages incurred by the lender. See Deficiency Judgment.
Example: A lender foreclosed a mortgage loan with outstanding principal balance of $100,000 and accrued interest of $2,000. At the foreclosure sale, the property brought $80,000. The lender claimed a deficiency of $22,000 plus expenses when filing for a judgment in the courts.

 

Additional tax liability that the IRS deems to be owed by a taxpayer. A taxpayer can argue the correctness of a deficiency with the IRS. If unsuccessful, the taxpayer can appeal to the Tax Court.

 
Thesaurus: deficiency
also deficience

noun

    The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, underage. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

 
Antonyms: deficiency

n

Definition: imperfection, inadequacy
Antonyms: adequacy, enough, faultlessness, perfection, plenty, satisfaction, sufficiency, superfluity


 
Dental Dictionary: deficiency

n

A lack or defect.

 
Law Encyclopedia: Deficiency
This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A shortage or insufficiency. The amount by which federal income tax due exceeds the amount reported by the taxpayer on his or her return; also, the amount owed by a taxpayer who has not filed a return. The outstanding balance of a debt secured by a mortgage after the mortgaged property has been sold to satisfy the obligation at a price less than the debt.

 

A lack or shortage; a condition characterized by the presence of less than the normal or necessary supply or competence.

  • antidiuretic hormone d. — see diabetes insipidus.
  • clotting factor d. — see clotting.
  • Hageman factor d. — see clotting.
  • nutritional d. — see under specific nutritional factors.
  • Stuart factor d. — see clotting.
 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: An amount short of what is needed; shortage.

pronunciation A deficiency of vitamin C causes scurvy.

 
Translations: Translations for: Deficiency

Dansk (Danish)
n. - ufuldkommenhed, mangelfuldhed, underskud, manko, efterslæb

Nederlands (Dutch)
gebrek, tekort, onvolkomenheid

Français (French)
n. - manque, insuffisance, défaut de, (Méd) carence, déficience de, imperfection, faille, faiblesse (dans), (Fin) déficit, découvert

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fehler, Mangel, Defizit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έλλειψη, ανεπάρκεια, ατέλεια ή ελάττωμα, κουσούρι

Italiano (Italian)
difetto, mancanza, deficienza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - deficiência (f)

Русский (Russian)
недостаток, дефицит

Español (Spanish)
n. - defecto, falla, déficit, deficiencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bristfällighet, ofullständighet

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
缺乏, 不足

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 缺乏, 不足

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 결여, (신체의) 결함, 결손

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不足, 欠乏, 不足量, 欠陥

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نقص شئ ضروري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוסר, מחסור, ליקוי, פגם‬


 
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