deficit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deficit	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deficit n the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit" Synonym(s): deficit, shortage, shortfall a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits" (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing Antonym(s): lead an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deficit \Def"icit\, n. [Lit., it is wanting, 3d person pres. indic. of L. deficere, cf. F. d[82]ficit. See {Defect}.] Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit* in taxes, revenue, etc. --Addison.