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English to English noun
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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
source: wordnet30
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a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning | | Example: the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory
they have serious linguistic deficits
source: wordnet30
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(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing | | source: wordnet30
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an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period) | | Example: last year there was a serious budgetary deficit
source: wordnet30
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Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc. | | source: webster1913
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