Synonyms 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. 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"

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage, dearth, famine

   Antonyms:
   lead

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"

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage

   Antonyms:
   lead

3. deficitnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage

   Antonyms:
   lead

4. deficitnoun

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

   "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"

   Synonyms:
   shortfall, shortage

   Antonyms:
   lead

Matched Categories

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

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1. deficitnoun

   Synonyms:
   [L.] want, DEFICIENCY

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1. List of paraphrases for "deficit":

   shortfall, deficits, gap, shortage, deficiency, disability, lack, inability, shortcoming, incapacity

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1. Frenchman Champagne:

   FIFA is currently going through a difficult period with a deficit of about $ 100 million in 2015.

2. Heidi Heitkamp:

   Who drove up inflation? We saw the CBO numbers this week. It was the Trump administration that overspent and drove up inflation so if inflation in prices and housing and in gas is because of deficit spending, that's Trump's fault and so the administration has not been nearly aggressive enough to explain what's actually going on.

3. Donald Trump:

   The core of my first budget blueprint is the rebuilding of our nation's military without adding to our federal deficit.

4. Liu Kun:

   The arrangement on the budget deficit ratio has fully considered factors including fiscal revenue and local government special bonds and leaves more policy room for future macro adjustments.

5. Morgan Stanley:

   Were Nigeria to be removed from the index as a result of the dry-up in liquidity as forewarned by the index provider, upside risks to our naira forecast of 200-205 (per dollar) over the next 12 months could crystallise immediately, especially if one considers that its (annual) current account deficit could be up to ... $10 billion.