deficit

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[edit] Etymology

From French déficit, from Latin deficit.

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Singular
deficit

Plural
deficits

deficit (plural deficits)

  1. Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
  2. A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds government revenue.

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for a state, the fact of spending more than its revenues

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[edit] Czech

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deficit m.

  1. deficit

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English

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deficit m. inv.

  1. deficit (financial, medical)

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dȅficit m. (Cyrillic spelling де̏фицит)

  1. deficit (financial)

[edit] 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
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