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DEFICITS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DEFICITS?

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Deficits as a Noun
Definitions of "Deficits" as a noun
Synonyms of "Deficits" as a noun (2 Words)
Usage Examples of "Deficits" as a noun
Associations of "Deficits" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Deficits” are: shortage, shortfall

Deficits as a Noun

Definitions of "Deficits" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “deficits” as a noun can have the following definitions:

(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing.
The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.
An excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period.
The score by which a team or individual is losing.
A deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning.

Synonyms of "Deficits" as a noun (2 Words)

shortage	An acute insufficiency. Food shortages.
shortfall	The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required. They are facing an expected 10 billion shortfall* in revenue.*

Usage Examples of "Deficits" as a noun

They have serious linguistic deficits.
New blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit.
Last year there was a serious budgetary deficit.
The people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory.

Associations of "Deficits" (30 Words)

ante	Put up an amount as an ante in poker or brag and similar games. He anted up 925 000 of his own money.
austerity	The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures. The country was subjected to acute economic austerity.
barter	The action or system of bartering. Paper money ceases to have any value and people resort to barter.
budget	Provide a sum of money for a particular purpose from a budget. A budget* guitar.*
commerce	The United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913. The changes in taxation are of benefit to commerce.
cutback	A reduction in quantity or rate. Cutbacks in defence spending.
dealing	Business relations or transactions. Share dealings.
dearth	An insufficient quantity or number. There is a dearth* of evidence.*
emporium	A large retail store selling a wide variety of goods.
export	Of a high standard suitable for export. Wool and mohair were the principal exports.
exporter	A person or group spreading or introducing ideas and beliefs to another country. Japan has only begun to be an exporter* of culture in the last couple of decades.*
famine	Hunger. The cotton famine* of the 1860s.*
fiscal	An African shrike (songbird) with black-and-white plumage. Monetary and fiscal* policy.*
halve	Divide by two divide into halves. Pre tax profits nearly halved to 5 m.
hunger	Feel or suffer hunger. He hungered for a sense of self worth.
insufficiency	A lack of competence. Renal insufficiency.
lack	The state of being without or not having enough of something. This soup lacks salt.
mercantile	Relating to or characteristic of trade or traders- Van Wyck Brooks. Preached a mercantile* and militant patriotism.*
need	Have need of. She satisfied his need* for affection.*
needy	Needy people collectively. Needy and elderly people.
poverty	The state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount. The poverty* of her imagination.*
protectionism	The theory or practice of shielding a country’s domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.
scarcity	A small and inadequate amount. The growing scarcity* of resources.*
shortage	A state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts. A shortage* of hard cash.*
shortfall	The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required. They are facing an expected 10 billion shortfall* in revenue.*
spending	The act of spending or disbursing money.
starve	Be freezing cold. The political prisoners starved to death.
swap	Move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science. I ve got one already but I ll keep this as a swap.
tariff	Charge a tariff. Tariff imported goods.
trade	A trade wind. They trade* mud shark livers for fish oil.*