deficit

nouns

the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
"new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
deficit, shortage, shortfall
a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
"the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"
deficit
is a type of (narrower)
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
"there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
deficiency, lack, want
(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
deficit
antonym
lead
domain category
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
athletics, sport
is a type of (narrower)
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
"the score was 7 to 0"
score
an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
"last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
deficit
is a type of (narrower)
anything that is owed to someone else
liabilities