DICTOMETER

DEFICIT

(deficit, déficit, underskudd)

1. Synonyms:
   • Deficit
   • Shortage
   • Shortfall
   Definitions:
   • the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
   Examples:
   • New blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
   Antonyms:
   lead
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Deficit
   Definitions:
   • a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
   Examples:
   • The people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory
   • They have serious linguistic deficits
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Deficit
   Definitions:
   • (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Deficit
   Definitions:
   • an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
   Examples:
   • Last year there was a serious budgetary deficit