Antonyms for deficit
ˈdɛf ə sɪt; Brit. also dɪˈfɪs ɪtdeficit

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1. deficitnoun

   Synonyms:
   fiscal deficit

2. deficitnoun

   Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.

   Synonyms:
   fiscal deficit

3. deficitnoun

   A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds government revenue.

   Synonyms:
   fiscal deficit

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1. • Insufficiency
   • Lack
   • Liabilities
   • Score
   • Sport

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1. deficit, shortage, shortfallnoun

   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"

   Antonyms:
   lead

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage, dearth, famine

2. deficitnoun

   a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning

   "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"

   Antonyms:
   lead

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage

3. deficitnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   lead

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage

4. deficitnoun

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

   "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"

   Antonyms:
   lead

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage

How to use deficit in a sentence?

1. Erin Perrine:

   The end of Democrats’ unified government in D.C. is mired in partisan pettiness. Instead of working to combat the inhumane Biden border crisis, fentanyl killing an entire generation of Americans, or securing economic prosperity for the future, Democrats are set to stonewall Republicans, release a private citizen’s tax returns, and blow an even bigger hole in our debt and deficit, really tells the American people all they need to know about Democrat priorities — cheap political points that do nothing to better the lives of working-class Americans.

2. Scott Smith:

   There's still questions as to whether Trudeau can effectively run the economy in that deficit position and then bring back a balanced budget in year four.

3. Tommy Xie:

   I think the U.S. is asking for the impossible. Reducing the deficit by $200 billion by 2020 is quite an unrealistic demand, but it may also be a negotiation tactic to start high first.

4. Pamela Jeter:

   Balance is regulated by several systems in the body and I believe we need to understand where the deficit is coming from before we can target the intervention, yoga is great as a therapeutic approach because it can be modified to the individual need or individual balance deficit.

5. Foundation Garrett Watson:

   ( I) f it ends up falling short, for any reason really, you do end up in a situation where you got to find alternative funding for the permanent spending, i think that's the big wildcard there from a longer-term deficit perspective.

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