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Definitions for Deficit

[1] the amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount.
[2] the amount by which expenditures or liabilities exceed income or assets.
[3] a lack or shortage; deficiency.
[4] a disadvantage, impairment, or handicap: The team's major deficit is its poor pitching.
[5] a loss, as in the operation of a business.
[6] the amount by which an actual sum is lower than that expected or required
[7] an excess of liabilities over assets an excess of expenditures over revenues during a certain period an excess of payments over receipts on the balance of payments

Words related to Deficit

loss, shortfall, scantiness, default, lack, inadequacy, paucity, deficiency, insufficiency, shortcoming, arrears, dues, defalcation, underage

Words nearby Deficit

deficiency disease, deficiency judgment, deficiency symptom, deficient, deficient number, deficit, deficit financing, deficit spending, defier, defilade, defile

Origin of Deficit

1775–85; < Latin dēficit (it) lacks, 3rd person singular present indicative of dēficere; see deficient

Other words from Deficit

su·per·def·i·cit , noun

Word origin for Deficit

C18: from Latin, literally: there is lacking, from dēficere to be lacking

Synonyms for Deficit

loss, shortfall, arrears, defalcation, default, deficiency, dues, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, scantiness, shortcoming, dead horse, due bill, in hock, in the hole, in the red, insufficience, red ink, underage