deficit

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  1. noun Inadequacy or insufficiency: a deficit in grain production.
  2. noun A deficiency or impairment in mental or physical functioning.
  3. noun An unfavorable condition or position; a disadvantage: rallied from a three-game deficit to win the playoffs.
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  • As soon as a deficit was announced, I resigned my seat on the board of the CPC in my area and canceled my party membership. —  CTV News RSS Feed
  • The state currently faces a multi-billion dollar deficit, and an estimate of the deficit will be announced Tuesday by the state Management and Budget Department to provide a baseline for this session's budget decisions. —  The Minnesota Daily - mndaily.com
  • The major reason for the deficit is the sharp decline in tax revenues, projected to fall by —  Top Stories - Google News
  • With spending on unemployment insurance and other safety - net programs rising, the deficit is already at a record $956.8 billion six months into the fiscal year. —  Welcome To Jim Sinclair's MineSet
  • Reality: Cockrel estimated the deficit was about $150 million when he took office, but in November revised the deficit to $200 million as his administration delved into the city's finances. —  detnews.com - Local
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  1. French déficit, from Latin dēficit, it is lacking, third person sing. present tense of dēficere, to fail, be lacking; see defect.

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  1. = French déficit = Spanish Portuguese Italian D. G. Danish Swedish deficit, from Latin deficit, it is wanting, 3d person singular present indicative of deficere, be wanting: see deficient.
 

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