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UK
/dˈɛfɪsˌɪt/
]
[ US /ˈdɛfəsət/ ]
[ US /ˈdɛfəsət/ ]
NOUN
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an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
last year there was a serious budgetary deficit -
a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
they have serious linguistic deficits
the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory -
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 - (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
How To Use deficit In A Sentence
- When Modin scored from the right circle to make it 3-0, it looked bleak for the Devils, who rallied from one-goal deficits twice before winning Game 2 in overtime. USATODAY.com - Tampa Bay creeps closer to New Jersey with 4-3 win
- They put out a plan that adds up, leaves no ox ungored and should shut up anyone who says the deficit can be contained by cutting waste, fraud, abuse and foreign aid. Two Tests of a Gridlock Mentality
- Postpartum depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , and low IQs are all linked to low DHA levels.
- This leaves the ‘old school economic policies’ of dollar devaluation and deficit financing to help reflate the economy and fend off deflation and boost exporters.
- I reckon we're in danger of raising a whole generation of undiscriminating couch potatoes afflicted by TV-induced Attention Deficit Disorder.
- She linked the rising narrational deficit under Obama to pricey spending proposals Barnes is pushing in his gubernatorial bid. Valdosta Daily Times Homepage
- We have increased housing support grant so that all local authorities that incur a deficit in running a hostel will qualify for grant.
- The region's Mediterranean style climate and annual water deficit has led to extensive calcrete development.
- Gutierrez, who was recently ranked as the ninth best prospect in the Rangers system by Baseball America, tested positive for the amphetamine adderall, which is used to treated Attention Deficit Disorder. Texas Rangers
- Persistent deflation has crimped corporate earnings and worsened the government's deficit.