deficit

noun

an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)

(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing

a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning

the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

Roots

faciofic- · Latin · make, do

Synonyms for deficit

shortfalln shortagen deficiencyn insufficiencyn shortcomingn inadequacyn arrearsn gapn lackn

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