deficit

See also déficit

English

Etymology

From French déficit, from Latin dēficit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɛfɪsɪt/

Noun

deficit (plural deficits)

1. Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
2. A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds government revenue.
   • 1996 August 4, “It's Time for a Reality Check on the Deficit”, Contra Costa Times, Contra Costa, CA:

     But Wall Street, which has a case of deficit-attention disorder, is no longer focused on a balanced budget. "The bond market only worries about one thing at [a time.]

Synonyms

• fiscal deficit

Derived terms

• fiscal deficit
• trade deficit

Related terms

• defect
• defection
• defective
• defector
• deficiency
• deficient

Translations

deficiency — see deficiency

situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue

• Catalan: dèficit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赤字 (cmn) (chìzì)

• Czech: deficit (cs) m
• Dutch: tekort, gat n in de begroting f
• Finnish: vaje (fi)
• French: déficit budgétaire, déficit (note: déficit in French also has a broader meaning)
• German: Defizit (de) n

• Greek: έλλειμμα (el) (élleimma) n
• Hebrew: גרעון (gira'on) m
• Japanese: 赤字 (あかじ, akaji), 欠損 (けっそん, kesson)
• Norwegian: underskudd (no)
• Portuguese: déficit (pt)
• Romanian: deficit (ro) n
• Russian: дефицит (ru) (d'eficít) m
• Spanish: déficit (es)
• Swedish: underskott (sv)

External links

• Deficit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• deficit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Czech

Noun

deficit m

1. deficit

Related terms

• defekt m

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

deficit m (invariable)

1. deficit (financial, medical)

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Latin

Verb

dēficit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of deficiō

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dȅficit m (Cyrillic spelling де̏фицит)

1. deficit (financial)

Declension

    declension of deficit

	singular	plural
nominative	deficit	deficiti
genitive	deficita	deficita
dative	deficitu	deficitima
accusative	deficit	deficite
vocative	deficite	deficiti
locative	deficitu	deficitima
instrumental	deficitom	deficitima