HyperDic: deficit

English > 4 senses of the word *deficit*:
NOUN	attribute	deficit, shortage, shortfall	the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
	state	deficit	a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
	quantity	deficit	(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
	possession	deficit	an excess of liabilities / liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)

deficit > pronunciation
Sounds	deh'fahsaht
Rhymes	abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht...

English > *deficit*: 4 senses > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.
Example	"new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
Synonyms	shortage, shortfall
Narrower	oxygen deficit	temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise
Broader	insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency	lack of an adequate quantity or number
Spanish	carencia, deficiencia, déficit, falta
Catalan	manca

English > *deficit*: 4 senses > noun 2, state
Meaning	A deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning.
Examples	"the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory" "they have serious linguistic deficits"
Broader	lack, deficiency, want	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
Spanish	carencia

English > *deficit*: 4 senses > noun 3, quantity
Meaning	(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing.
Category	sport, athletics	An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
Broader	score	A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game / game or contest
Opposite	lead	(sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
Spanish	déficit presupuestario
Catalan	deficit fiscal

English > *deficit*: 4 senses > noun 4, possession
Meaning	An excess of liabilities / liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period).
Example	"last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
Narrower	budget deficit	An excess of expenditures over revenues
Narrower	trade deficit	An excess of imports over exports
Broader	liabilities	Anything that is owed to someone else
Spanish	déficit, descubierto
Catalan	dèficit

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