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deficit

noun as in shortage of something needed, required

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“ADD [Attention Deficit Disorder] is just a euphemistic way of saying, ‘I have limits,’” Brown writes.

Averell Harriman [governor from 1955 to 1958] left behind a pretty significant deficit.

The deficit is down to 2.8 percent of GDP, from a high of 10.1 percent in the wake of the meltdown.

Then he faced a $3.7 billion deficit, the largest in state history, and the largest per capita in the nation.

Nor is the deficit, which has lost its saliency since it was cut in half to $500 billion.

Any delay in covering such deficit shall be subject to such charge as the Federal Reserve Board may impose.

The purchaser bought supposing that there was no such deficit, but perhaps a small one, what would a court do?

But we can hire the old hall, and all the men will be glad to subscribe—a few of us can make up the deficit.

The weekly deficit continued, appalling, palpable even to Jane; but she made it up secretly.

But that due must be paid, not out of deficit, but out of surplus.

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On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to deficit, such as: loss, shortfall, arrears, defalcation, default, and deficiency.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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