Antonyms for deficit

Grammar : Noun

Spell : def-uh-sit; British also dih-fis-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛf ə sɪt; British also dɪˈfɪs ɪt

Definition of deficit

Origin : 1782, from French déficit (late 17c.), from Latin deficit "it is wanting," an introductory word in clauses of inventory, third person singular present indicative of deficere "to be deficient" (see deficient).

noun shortage of something needed, required

Example sentences :

Their credit for 1901 was $10392, thus leaving a deficit for the beginning of the next year.
Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey

But the addition or subtraction disclosed a deficit and he exclaimed at it.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

But that due must be paid, not out of deficit, but out of surplus.
Extract from : « Home Rule » by Harold Spender

There will be a deficit in the accounts, just as the result of that.
Extract from : « A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections » by Isabel Florence Hapgood

He might perhaps have dispersed the Assembly; he could not disperse debt and deficit.
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) » by John Morley

The deficit is worth a reference; it is for what they call a cool sum, Frank.
Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various

I'm no shark on the cost of livin' myself; but even I could figure out a deficit.
Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford

The year 1811 closed with a deficit of forty-eight millions.
Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane

His lordship has found out what you were at, and that there is a deficit in your till.
Extract from : « The Christmas Books » by William Makepeace Thackeray

To this deficit has to be added some £150,000 for regular troops.
Extract from : « The Life of Gordon, Volume II » by Demetrius Charles Boulger

Synonyms for deficit

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