deficit
deficit is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc. Addison.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- account
- alone
- alter
- among
- and
- answer
- answerable
- arrear
- bad
- bail
- bill
- borrow
- borrower
- break
- capital
- caret
- centesimal
- certain
- charge
- chargeable
- check
- complete
- constable
- contract
- credit
- crude
- debit
- debitor
- debt
- debtor
- decimal
- decimate
- decimation
- deep
- deeply
- defalcation
- default
- defaulter
- defect
- defective
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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