deficit
noun
1 deficit
The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required:
— New blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit.
synonyms: shortage, shortfall.
Roget 53: incompleteness etc. adj.; deficiency, short measure; shortcoming etc. 304; insufficiency etc. 640; imperfection etc. 651; ... show more
Roget 806: debt, obligation, liability, indebtment†, debit, score. bill; check; account (credit) 805. arrears, deferred payment, deficit, ... show more
Dutch: tekort, deficit
2 deficit
A deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning.
3 deficit
sports The score by which a team or individual is losing.
4 deficit
An excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period).
Dutch: gat, tekort
Polish: niedobór, deficyt, brak
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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