deficit
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English
Etymology
From French déficit, from Latin dēficit.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛfɪsɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɛfəsɪt/
- Hyphenation: de‧fi‧cit
Noun
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.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- 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
Translations
deficiency — see deficiency
situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue
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References
- “deficit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Further reading
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
deficit m inan
Declension
Related terms
- defekt m
Further reading
- deficit in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- deficit in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English deficit.
Pronunciation
Noun
deficit m (invariable)
Latin
Verb
dēficit
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: de‧fi‧cit
Noun
deficit m (plural deficits)
- Alternative form of déficit
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
deficit n (plural deficite)
Declension
Declension of deficit
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Noun
dȅficit m (Cyrillic spelling де̏фицит)
- 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 |