deficit, n.
(deficits)
freq. cnt. 1
(deficits)
freq. cnt. 1
the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
deficit shortage shortfall
sample sentences
"new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
<noun.possession>
deficit
sample sentences
"last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
<noun.quantity>
deficit
lexical pointers
antonym
a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
<noun.state>
deficit
sample sentences
"the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory""they have serious linguistic deficits"
semantic pointers
hypernym