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List of meaning for deficit

a lack in quality or quantity

deficit, shortage, shortfall(noun)

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"

deficit(noun)

a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning

"the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"

deficit(noun)

(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing

deficit(noun)

an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)

"last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number

a growing deficit in the number of hours devoted to sleep

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