accumulated deficit
1accumulated deficit — UK US noun [C, usually singular] (also accumulated loss) ACCOUNTING ► a loss that a company keeps in its accounts from one accounting period to the next and adds to a new loss or takes away from a profit : »The annual accounts show the company… …
2accumulated loss — UK US noun [C, usually singular] ACCOUNTING ► ACCUMULATED DEFICIT(Cf. ↑accumulated deficit) …
3Deficit spending — Part of a series on Government Public finance …
4Deficit — A deficit is the amount by which a sum falls short of some reference amount. In economics, a deficit is a shortfall in revenue; in more specific cases it may refer to: Government budget deficit Deficit spending Primary deficit, the pure deficit… …
5accumulated fund — capital fund A fund held by a non profit making organization (such as a club or society) to which a surplus of income over expenditure is credited and to which any deficit is debited. The value of the accumulated funds can be calculated at any… …
6deficit — An excess of expenditures over revenues. Excess of liabilities and debts over income and assets. A negative balance in the earnings and profits account. Financial loss in operation of business. Something wanting, generally in the accounts of one… …
7deficit — An excess of expenditures over revenues. Excess of liabilities and debts over income and assets. A negative balance in the earnings and profits account. Financial loss in operation of business. Something wanting, generally in the accounts of one… …
8deficit — 1. An alternative term for *loss. 2. A debit balance in accumulated *retained earnings in a *balance sheet. 3. A shortfall in expected *cash balances …
9cumulative deficit — accumulated financial shortfall, financial shortfall which has collected over time …
10Government budget deficit — This article is about government budget deficits. For trade deficits, see Balance of trade. For balance of payments deficits, see Balance of payments. Part of a series on Government Public finance …
