Deficit - English meaning

Deficit – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small.
Usage examples:
The fund will absorb the deficit in the rover pension scheme, which officially stands at £67.6m.
Synonims:
Shortfall Deficiency Shortage Undersupply Slippage Indebtedness Debt Arrears Minus amount Negative amount Loss

noun
The amount by which money spent is more than money received
Usage examples:
The theater has been operating at a deficit of over $150,000 a year.

noun
The total amount by which money spent by a business or government is more than the money it receives
Usage examples:
A deficit of £10 million/$1 billion, etc. the two companies between them have reported a deficit of…

Deficit translation into English

Deficit: translate from English into Chinese

赤字, 亏, 亏损, 亏空

Deficit: translate from English into Dutch

Tekort, Deficit, Kastekort, Gebrekt

Deficit: translate from English into French

Déficit

Deficit: translate from English into German

Defizit, Fehlbetrag, Mangel, Verlust, Minus, Manko

Deficit: translate from English into Hindi

घाटा, कमी, अभाव, टोटा, न्यूनता, आय की कमी, नुकसान

Deficit: translate from English into Italian

Disavanzo, Deficit, Passivo, Ammanco

Deficit: translate from English into Korean

적자, 부족, 부족액, 구멍

Deficit: translate from English into Russian

Дефицит, Нехватка, Недостача, Недочет, Брешь

Deficit: translate from English into Spanish

Déficit, Falta, Vaciedad

Word origin

late 18th century: via French from Latin deficit ‘it is lacking’, from the verb deficere (see defect1).

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Deficit – similar words

deficits

noun
The amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small.
Usage examples:
The fund will absorb the deficit in the rover pension scheme, which officially stands at £67.6m.

noun
The amount by which money spent is more than money received
Usage examples:
The theater has been operating at a deficit of over $150,000 a year.

noun
The total amount by which money spent by a business or government is more than the money it receives
Usage examples:
A deficit of £10 million/$1 billion, etc. the two companies between them have reported a deficit of…

Deficits - all meanings in English

Deficit synonims

arrears

plural noun
Money that is owed and should have been paid earlier.
Usage examples:
He was suing the lessee for the arrears of rent

noun
Money that is owed and should already have been paid
Usage examples:
He ran into difficulties with his mortgage, building up more than £18,000 arrears., the government …

Arrears - all meanings in English

debt

noun
A sum of money that is owed or due.
Usage examples:
I paid off my debts

noun
The state of owing something, especially money

noun
Something owed, esp. money
Usage examples:
He managed to pay off his debts in two years., we seem to be perpetually in debt.

Debt - all meanings in English

deficiency

noun
A lack or shortage.
Usage examples:
Deficiencies in material resources

Lack of an adequate quantity or number

noun
The lack of something that is needed in order to meet a particular standard or level of quality, or the thing that is lacking
Usage examples:
[ u ] many women suffer from iron deficiency.

Deficiency - all meanings in English

indebtedness

noun
The condition of owing money.
Usage examples:
The industry is taking steps to reduce indebtedness and cut costs

noun
The condition of owing money, or the amount of money owed
Usage examples:
Household indebtedness is at a record level., the primary reason for the sale of the property was t…

Indebtedness - all meanings in English

loss

noun
The fact or process of losing something or someone.
Usage examples:
Avoiding loss of time

Loss - all meanings in English

shortage

noun
A state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts.
Usage examples:
A shortage of hard cash

noun
A lack of something needed
Usage examples:
There is a severe shortage of low-cost housing in the city.

noun
A situation in which there is less of something than people want or need
Usage examples:
A shortage of sth new orleans is suffering from an acute shortage of housing., california faces a s…

Shortage - all meanings in English

shortfall

noun
A deficit of something required or expected.
Usage examples:
They are facing an expected $10 billion shortfall in revenue

noun
An amount that is less than what was expected or needed
Usage examples:
The county had to close three of its four libraries because of a budget shortfall.

noun
The difference between the amount of something, especially money, that you have and the amount that you need
Usage examples:
A shortfall of sth the state is facing a budget shortfall of $1.75 billion for the fiscal year., a …

Shortfall - all meanings in English

slippage

noun
The action or process of slipping or subsiding.
Usage examples:
£16 million has been spent on cracks and slippage

noun
A reduction in the level or amount of something
Usage examples:
Every slippage on the stock exchange brought fear and wild accusations., a slippage in sth exports …

Slippage - all meanings in English

undersupply

noun
An insufficient stock or amount of something.
Usage examples:
Soaring construction levels resulted in a global undersupply of steel

Undersupply - all meanings in English

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