DEFICIT
Scrabble letter values: D2E1F4I1C3I1T1 = 13
Definition
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required. — synonyms: shortage, shortfall
- noun a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning.
- noun (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing.
- noun an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period).
Examples
- “new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit”
- “the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory”
- “they have serious linguistic deficits”