deficit

Noun
  1. The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required (synset 105121671)
    "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
    is a type of: deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number
    subtypes: oxygen deficit - temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise
    same as: shortage, shortfall
  2. A deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning (synset 114473426)
    "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"
    is a type of: deficiency, lack, want - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  3. (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing (synset 113616793)
    referred to in: athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
    is a type of: score - a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
  4. An excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period) (synset 113417449)
    "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
    is a type of: liabilities - anything that is owed to someone else
    subtypes:

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