1 (economics) the amount by which money spent or owed is greater than money earned in a particular period of time:
a budget / trade deficit * The trade balance has been in deficit for the past five years.
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2 the amount by which sth, especially an amount of money, is too small or smaller than sth else:
There's a deficit of $3 million in the total needed to complete the project. * The team has to come back from a 20 deficit in the first half.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is deficit a noun, verb, or something else?
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