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Synonyms for deficit

Grammar : Noun
Spell : def-uh-sit; British also dih-fis-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛf ə sɪt; British also dɪˈfɪs ɪt

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Définition 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

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