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Word "DEFICIT" Definitions:

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
Examples:
last year there was a serious budgetary deficit
Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
Synonyms:
shortage, shortfall
Examples:
new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit

Crossword Clues for DEFICIT

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Shortfall, lack (7)
Shortfall The Telegraph Quick 22 Mar 2024
Shortfall in revenue (7)
Shortage or shortfall (7)
Skilful, grasping old company’s shortfall The Times Quick Cryptic 12 Oct 2023
Opposite of surplus USA Today 01 Oct 2023
Skilful concealing old British firm's shortfall The Guardian Cryptic 23 Feb 2023
Shortfall The Telegraph Quick 26 Nov 2022
Shortfall of revenue The Times Concise 17 Oct 2022
Shortfall The Telegraph Quick 19 Oct 2021
Budgetary shortage Newsday 07 Jul 2021
Loss is cited if bankrupt
Jerk interferes initially with US central bank over budget shortfall
Surplus's opposite Thomas Joseph 06 Jul 2019
Shortfall bound to restrict Conservative leader, if mounting
Loss expert acting as receiver for chemical company
Shortage female in charge discovered in tight diet
Fed up with a fair amount of implicit shortfall Irish Times Crosaire 01 Jul 2017
Successive notes on one large town -- endless money problem The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Jun 2017
An excess of liabilities over assets Irish Times Simplex 14 Feb 2017
Surplus's opposite The Chronicle of Higher Education 02 Dec 2016
Campaign topic Thomas Joseph 29 Oct 2016
Surplus's opposite
Sure to take over old company making a loss The Telegraph Toughie 20 Oct 2015
Problem with economy not about to be rectified, sadly
Financial shortfall The Telegraph Quick 07 Aug 2015
One of the D's in 35-Across New York Times 07 Jul 2015
Making neat moves to contain old firm's shortfall The Times Cryptic 13 Apr 2015
One of the D's in 35-Across
Budgetary shortage
Budgetary concern
Surplus's opposite
Shortage
Shortage
Shortage
Perennial government concern
Budget problem
Shortfall
Shortage
Fiscal problem
Figure in red.
Budget problem.
It means "there is lacking," in Latin.
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