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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required;
- Example: "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
[syn: deficit, shortage, shortfall]

2. a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning;
- Example: "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"
- Example: "they have serious linguistic deficits"

3. (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing;

4. an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period);
- Example: "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Deficit \Def"i*cit\, n. [Lit., it is wanting, 3d person pres.
   indic. of L. deficere, cf. F. d['e]ficit. See Defect.]
   Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a
   deficit in taxes, revenue, etc. --Addison.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deficit
    n 1: 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" [syn: deficit, shortage, shortfall]
    2: a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental
       functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal
       memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"
    3: (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
       [ant: lead]
    4: an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain
       period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"