deficit
English edit
Etymology edit
From French déficit, from Latin dēficit.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛfɪsɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɛfəsɪt/
- Hyphenation: de‧fi‧cit
Noun edit
deficit (plural deficits)
- Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
- The crop output this year has been comparatively small, owing to the deficit in rainfall.
- A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
- 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, in Modern Railways, page 220:
- Dr. Beeching's obvious intent is that if Scottish—and similarly unprofitable English and Welsh—railways are to be maintained, it must be done by an unconcealed subsidy; he is determined that the railways shall no longer be preoccupied with—and derided for—immense deficits which include the burden of social services the State must openly underwrite, if it wants them.
- 1996 August 4, “It's Time for a Reality Check on the Deficit”, in 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.]
- 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 September 2013:
- Economically, too, London is startlingly different. The capital, unlike the country as a whole, has no budget deficit: London’s public spending matches the taxes paid in the city. The average Londoner contributes 70 percent more to Britain’s national income than people in the rest of the country.
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- attention deficit disorder
- attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- budget deficit
- caloric deficit
- calorie deficit
- deficit hawk
- deficit spending
- democratic deficit
- fiscal deficit
- information deficit model
- nature deficit disorder
- nature-deficit disorder
- negative deficit
- oxygen deficit
- structural deficit
- trade deficit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
deficiency — see deficiency
situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue
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References edit
- “deficit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Further reading edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deficit m inan
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- defekt m
Further reading edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English deficit.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deficit m (invariable)
Latin edit
Verb edit
dēficit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: de‧fi‧cit
Noun edit
deficit m (plural deficits)
- Alternative form of déficit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
deficit n (plural deficite)
Declension edit
Declension of deficit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) deficit | deficitul | (niște) deficite | deficitele |
genitive/dative | (unui) deficit | deficitului | (unor) deficite | deficitelor |
vocative | deficitule | deficitelor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
dȅficit m (Cyrillic spelling де̏фицит)
- deficit (financial)
Declension edit
Declension of deficit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | deficit | deficiti |
genitive | deficita | deficita |
dative | deficitu | deficitima |
accusative | deficit | deficite |
vocative | deficite | deficiti |
locative | deficitu | deficitima |
instrumental | deficitom | deficitima |