# deficit
## English
### Etymology

From French déficit, from Latin dēficit.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdɛfɪsɪt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈdɛfəsɪt/
* Hyphenation: de‧fi‧cit

### Noun

deficit (plural deficits)
* Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
    The crop output this year has been comparatively small, owing to the deficit in rainfall.
* A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
** 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, in Modern Railways, page 220:Dr. Beeching's obvious intent is that if Scottish—and similarly unprofitable English and Welsh—railways are to be maintained, it must be done by an unconcealed subsidy; he is determined that the railways shall no longer be preoccupied with—and derided for—immense deficits which include the burden of social services the State must openly underwrite, if it wants them.
** 1996 August 4, “It's Time for a Reality Check on the Deficit”, in Contra Costa Times, Contra Costa, CA:But Wall Street, which has a case of deficit-attention disorder, is no longer focused on a balanced budget. "The bond market only worries about one thing at [a time.]
** 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 September 2013:Economically, too, London is startlingly different. The capital, unlike the country as a whole, has no budget deficit: London’s public spending matches the taxes paid in the city. The average Londoner contributes 70 percent more to Britain’s national income than people in the rest of the country.

#### Synonyms

* fiscal deficit, shortfall

#### Antonyms

* surplus

#### Derived terms

* 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
* neurodeficit
* nondeficit
* oxygen deficit
* structural deficit
* trade deficit

#### Related terms

* defect
* defection
* defective
* defector
* deficiency
* deficient

#### Translations
### References

* “deficit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Further reading

* deficit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Albanian
### Noun

deficit m
* (finance) deficit

#### Declension
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɛfɪt͡sɪt]

### Noun

deficit m inan
* deficit

#### Related terms

* defekt m

### Further reading

* “deficit”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “deficit”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English deficit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛ.fi.t͡ʃit/
* Rhymes: -ɛfitʃit
* Hyphenation: dè‧fi‧cit

### Noun

deficit m (invariable)
* (economics, medicine) deficit

## Latin
### Verb

dēficit
* third-person singular present active indicative of dēficiō

#### Descendants

* → French: déficit (with the meaning of a lacking)
** → English: deficit
** → Translingual: deficit
** → Russian: дефицит (deficit)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɛ.fi.si.t͡ʃi/, /ˈdɛ.fi.sit͡ʃ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɛ.fi.si.t͡ʃi/, /ˈdɛ.fi.sit͡ʃ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɛ.fi.sit͡ʃ/, /ˈdɛ.fi.si.t͡ʃi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɛ.fi.sit/
* Hyphenation: de‧fi‧cit

### Noun

deficit m (plural deficits)
* Alternative form of déficit

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French déficit.

### Noun

deficit n (plural deficite)
* deficit

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

dȅficit m (Cyrillic spelling де̏фицит)
* deficit (financial)