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  • 1Deficit — An excess of liabilities over assets, of losses over profits, or of expenditure over income. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * deficit def‧i‧cit [ˈdefst] written abbreviation def noun [countable] 1. COMMERCE an amount of money that a… …

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  • 2deficit — An excess of liabilities ( liability) over assets, of losses over profits, or of expenditure over income. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A situation in which a country has a negative balance of trade or payments. Chicago Mercantile Exchange… …

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  • 3Deficit irrigation — (DI) is a watering strategy that can be applied by different types of irrigation application methods. The correct application of DI requires thorough understanding of the yield response to water (crop sensitivity to drought stress) and of the… …

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  • 4have your work cut out for you — INFORMAL ► to have something very difficult to do: »The government has its work cut out for it trying to reduce the national deficit. Main Entry: ↑work …

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  • 5Deficit spending — Part of a series on Government Public finance …

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  • 6deficit — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ enormous, huge, large, massive, serious, substantial ▪ ballooning, exploding, growing, soaring …

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  • 7deficit — 01. Unless the government raises taxes, the [deficit] is expected to rise by at least 3%. 02. Do we really want the government to make cuts in social programs to lower our [deficit]? 03. The current [deficit] in British Columbia is estimated at… …

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  • 8deficit — def|i|cit [ˈdefısıt] n [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: déficit, from Latin deficit it lacks , from deficere; DEFECT1] the difference between the amount of something that you have and the higher amount that you need →↑shortfall ▪ the country s …

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  • 9Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 — The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005[1] is a United States Act of Congress concerning the budget, that became law in 2006. Contents 1 Legislative history 1.1 Dispute over legal status 2 Provis …

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  • 10deficit */*/ — UK [ˈdefəsɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms deficit : singular deficit plural deficits 1) economics the difference between the amount of money or goods that a country or business has and the amount that it has spent or that it owes the budget… …

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