Deficit Meaning

There are 4 meaning(s) for word Deficit

Meaning 1 : the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

    Example : new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit

    Synonyms : shortage,  shortfall
Meaning 2 : a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning

    Example : the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory,they have serious linguistic deficits

Meaning 3 : an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)

    Example : last year there was a serious budgetary deficit

Meaning 4 : (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing

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