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n.

1. 1. Inadequacy or insufficiency: a deficit in grain production.
   2. A deficiency or impairment in mental or physical functioning.
   3. An unfavorable condition or position; a disadvantage: rallied from a three-game deficit to win the playoffs.
2. 1. The amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required or expected amount; a shortage: large budget deficits.
   2. A business loss.

[French déficit, from Latin dēficit, it is lacking, third person sing. present tense of dēficere, to fail, be lacking. See defect.]

noun

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

n

Definition: shortage of something needed, required
Antonyms: enough, excess, plenty, superfluousness

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A deficiency, misappropriation, or defalcation; a minus balance; something wanting.

Deficit is commonly used to mean any kind of shortage, as in an account, a number, or a balance due. Deficit spending or financing involves taking in less money than the amount that is paid out.

See: federal budget.

A shortage, especially the amount by which a sum of money falls short of what is required; a debt.

A lack or deficiency.

• oxygen d. — a lack of oxygen, as in hypoxia or anoxia.

IN BRIEF: An amount by which something is less than what is needed; shortage.

The accountant explained the budget deficit to the committee.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - underskud, manko, minus

idioms:

• deficit spending    lånefinancieret udgift

Nederlands (Dutch)
tekort (nadelig saldo)

Français (French)
n. - (Fin, etc) déficit

idioms:

• deficit spending    (Fin) politique de déficit budgétaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mangel, Defizit

idioms:

• deficit spending    Defizitfinanzierung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικον.) έλλειμμα (ισοζυγίου)

idioms:

• deficit spending    (οικον.) δαπάνες που δημιουργούν έλλειμμα

Italiano (Italian)
ammanco, disavanzo, deficit

idioms:

• deficit spending    spese di disavanzo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - déficit (m)

idioms:

• deficit spending    gastos públicos baseados em empréstimos

Русский (Russian)
недочет, дефицит

idioms:

• deficit spending    дефицитное исрасходование

Español (Spanish)
n. - descubierto, déficit, desventaja, pérdida

idioms:

• deficit spending    gastos deficitarios

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - underskott, brist

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
赤字, 不足额

idioms:

• deficit spending    赤字花费, 寅吃卯粮

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 赤字, 不足額

idioms:

• deficit spending    赤字花費, 寅吃卯糧

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 적자, 부족액, 불리한 상황

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 欠損, 不足, 不利な立場

idioms:

• deficit spending    赤字財政支出

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نقصان كميه وبخاصه مبلغ من المال, عجز مالي بحيث يكون المبلغ الصادر أكبر من الوارد في فترة ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גירעון‬

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