Deficit

Noun

 * 1) Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
 * 2) A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds government revenue.

Synonyms

 * fiscal deficit

Derived terms

 * fiscal deficit
 * trade deficit

Related terms

 * defect
 * defection
 * defective
 * defector
 * deficiency
 * deficient

Adjectives for Deficit
genuine; increasing; successive; alleged; alarming; startling; unaccountable.

Verbs for Deficit
accumulate—; arrest for—; bear—; calculate—; estimate—; expose—; falsify—; finance—; force—; halt—; mend—; pile up—; protect against—; reveal—; stagger through—; suspect—; uncover—; wipe out —; —arises; —deprives; —dwindles; — occurs.

Thesaurus
absence, arrear, arrearage, arrears, back debts, back payments, balance, beggary, bouncing check, break, credit, decline, defalcation, default, defect, defectiveness, deferred payments, deficiency, deficit financing, delinquency, deprivation, destitution, difference, discontinuity, discrepancy, dollar gap, drought, epact, failure, falling short, famine, gap, hiatus, imperfection, impoverishment, inadequacy, incompleteness, inferiority, insufficiency, interval, lack, lacuna, loss, missing link, need, net, omission, outage, overdraft, remainder, scantiness, short measure, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, slump, starvation, surplus, ullage, underage, want, wantage