deficit, shortage, shortfall
(noun) 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”
deficit
(noun) an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); “last year there was a serious budgetary deficit”
deficit
(noun) (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
deficit
(noun) a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; “the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory”; “they have serious linguistic deficits”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deficit (plural deficits)
Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds government revenue.
• fiscal deficit, shortfall
• superavit
Source: Wiktionary
Def"i*cit, n. Etym: [Lit., it is wanting, 3d person pres. indic. of L. deficere, cf. F. déficit. See Defect.]
Definition: Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
