Deficit Definition

dĕfĭ-sĭt
deficits
noun
deficits
Inadequacy or insufficiency.
A deficit in grain production.
American Heritage
A deficiency or impairment in mental or physical functioning.
American Heritage
The amount by which a sum of money is less than the required or desired amount; specif., an excess of liabilities over assets, of losses over profits, or of expenditure over income.
Webster's New World
A business loss.
American Heritage
An amount that quantifies an unfavorable condition or position.
Rallied from a three-game deficit to win the playoffs.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Deficit

Noun

Singular:
deficit
Plural:
deficits

Origin of Deficit

  • French déficit from Latin dēficit it is lacking third person sing. present tense of dēficere to fail, be lacking defect

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French déficit, from Latin dēficit.

    From Wiktionary

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