up for) a deficiency

  • 1deficiency judgment — see judgment 1a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. deficiency judgment …

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  • 2deficiency judgment — deˈficiency ˌjudgement , deficiency judgment noun [countable] LAW a decision by a court that a borrower still owes money after the security for a loan is sold for less than the amount owed * * * deficiency judgment UK US (US ► LAW a judgment in a …

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  • 3deficiency — de·fi·cien·cy /di fi shən sē/ n pl cies: an amount that is lacking or inadequate: as a: the difference between the amount of tax owed and the amount of tax paid b: the difference between the amount owed under a security agreement and the amount… …

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  • 4Deficiency, hex-A — Deficiency of the enzyme hexosaminidase A, the cause of Tay Sachs disease. Hex A deficiency results in failure to process a lipid (a fat) which accumulates and is deposited in the brain and other tissues, to their detriment. The lipid that is… …

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  • 5Deficiency, hexosaminidase A — Deficiency of the enzyme hexosaminidase A, the cause of Tay Sachs disease. Hex A deficiency results in failure to process a lipid (a fat) which accumulates and is deposited in the brain and other tissues, to their detriment. The lipid that is… …

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  • 6deficiency judgment — The imposition of personal liability on a debtor for the unpaid balance of a mortgage debt after foreclosure has failed to result in full payment of the debt amount due, or for the unpaid balance due after the repossession and resale of personal… …

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  • 7Deficiency — De*fi cien*cy, n.; pl. {Deficiencies}. [See {Deficient}.] The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect. A deficiency of blood. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] [Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that… …

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  • 8Deficiency of a curve — Deficiency De*fi cien*cy, n.; pl. {Deficiencies}. [See {Deficient}.] The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect. A deficiency of blood. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] [Marlborough] was so miserably… …

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  • 9deficiency anemia — n NUTRITIONAL ANEMIA * * * anemia caused by lack of a specific substance required for normal hemoglobin synthesis and erythrocytic maturation and arising by several means, such as malabsorption or poor dietary intake. See folic acid deficiency a …

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  • 10Deficiency, niacin — Deficiency of niacin, one of the B complex vitamins, causes pellagra. Pellagra was known as the disease of the four D s dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia and death. The disease is specifically characterized by: Dermatitis: A rash on areas of the… …

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