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- Dictionarydef·i·cit/ˈdefəsət/
noun
- 1. the amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small.
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DEFICIT definition: 1. the total amount by which money spent is more than money received, or the state of having spent…. Learn more.
The meaning of DEFICIT is deficiency in amount or quality. How to use deficit in a sentence.
the amount by which a team or player is behind in a game or competition: They overcame a two-goal deficit to tie the score in the second half. It was the first time in baseball history a team had overcome a three-games-to-none deficit in the World Series. Synonym. disadvantage. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Sep 9, 2023 · Key Takeaways. A deficit occurs when expenses exceed revenues, imports exceed exports, or liabilities exceed assets in a particular year. Governments and businesses...
noun. the amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount. the amount by which expenditures or liabilities exceed income or assets. a lack or shortage; deficiency. a disadvantage, impairment, or handicap: The team's major deficit is its poor pitching. a loss, as in the operation of a business.
(formal) the amount by which something, especially an amount of money, is too small or smaller than something else. There's a deficit of $3 million in the total needed to complete the project. The team has to come back from a 2–0 deficit in the first half. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
A deficit is the amount by which something is less than the amount that is needed.
DEFICIT meaning: 1 : an amount (such as an amount of money) that is less than the amount that is needed; 2 : the amount by which a person or team is behind in a game or contest.
deficit. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English def‧i‧cit /ˈdefɪsɪt/ noun [ countable] the difference between the amount of something that you have and the higher amount that you need → shortfall the country’s widening budget deficit the US’s foreign trade deficit deficit of a deficit of £2.5 million deficit in Many ...
the amount by which the money that you spend is more than the money that you receive: a budget deficit. (Definition of deficit from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of deficit. in Chinese (Traditional) 赤字, 逆差, 虧損… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 赤字, 逆差, 亏损… See more. in Spanish.
