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Meaning of word deficit from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

deficit   noun

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

Meaning : A deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning.

Example : The people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory.
They have serious linguistic deficits.

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

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

lead

Meaning : An excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period).

Example : Last year there was a serious budgetary deficit.