Deficit

//ˈdɛfɪsɪt//

Synonyms for "deficit" (69 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Noun(1 words)

shortfall

absence arrear arrearage arrears back debts back payments balance beggary bouncing check break credit debt decline

Strong matches (21)

Related words (34)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

7 entries

deficiency inadequacy insufficiency lack liabilities score want

Antonyms

1 entries

lead

Synonyms

1 entries

fiscal deficit

Related terms

6 entries

defect defection defective defector deficiency deficient

derived

22 entries

antideficit attention deficit disorder attention deficit hyperactivity disorder attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder budget deficit caloric deficit calorie deficit deficit good deficit hawk deficit spending democratic deficit fiscal deficit information deficit model nature deficit disorder nature-deficit disorder negative deficit

Showing 16 of 22 words.

has context

1 entries

sport

is a

5 entries

insufficiency lack liabilities score shortage

related to

10 entries

amount defect defection defective defector deficiency deficient lack quality short

Translations

46 translations across 37 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

deficit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Armenian

2 entries

դեֆիցիտ noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)
պակասուրդ noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Belarusian

1 entries

дэфіцы́т noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Bulgarian

1 entries

дефици́т noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Catalan

1 entries

dèficit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

亏损 noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)
亏空 noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)
赤字 noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Czech

1 entries

deficit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Dutch

2 entries

gat in de begroting noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)
tekort noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Esperanto

1 entries

deficito noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Finnish

1 entries

vaje noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

French

1 entries

déficit budgétaire noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Galician

1 entries

déficit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Georgian

1 entries

დეფიციტი noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

German

1 entries

Defizit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Greek

1 entries

έλλειμμα noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Hebrew

1 entries

גרעון noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Hindi

1 entries

घाटा noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Hungarian

2 entries

deficit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)
hiány noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Icelandic

2 entries

halli noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)
tekjuhalli noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Indonesian

1 entries

defisit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Italian

2 entries

deficit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)
disavanzo noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Japanese

2 entries

欠損 noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)
赤字 noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Khmer

1 entries

ឱនភាព noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Korean

1 entries

적자 noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

таңсык noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Lao

1 entries

ຂາດດຸນ noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Malay

1 entries

defisit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Norwegian

1 entries

underskudd noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Polish

1 entries

deficyt noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Portuguese

2 entries

défice noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)
déficit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Romanian

1 entries

deficit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Russian

1 entries

дефици́т noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Spanish

1 entries

déficit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Swedish

1 entries

underskott noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Tagalog

1 entries

depisit noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Ukrainian

1 entries

дефіци́т noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Vietnamese

1 entries

sự thâm hụt noun (situation wherein spending exceeds government revenue)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years.

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The company is in deficit.

Source: tatoeba (22420)

How huge a deficit can the nation stand?

Source: tatoeba (37602)

The country is trying hard to make up for her trade deficit.

Source: tatoeba (47841)

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