different between defection vs deficit

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??f?k??n/

Noun

defection (countable and uncountable, plural defections)

1. An act or incidence of defecting.

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Translations

English

Etymology

From French déficit, from Latin d?ficit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?f?s?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?f?s?t/
• Hyphenation: de?fi?cit

Noun

deficit (plural deficits)

1. Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.

2. A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
   • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):

     Economically, too, London is startlingly different. The capital, unlike the country as a whole, has no budget deficit: London’s public spending matches the taxes paid in the city. The average Londoner contributes 70 percent more to Britain’s national income than people in the rest of the country.

Synonyms

• fiscal deficit, shortfall

Antonyms

• superavit

Derived terms

• fiscal deficit
• trade deficit

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Translations

References

• deficit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• deficit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?f?t?s?t]

Noun

deficit m inan

1. deficit

Related terms

• defekt m

Further reading

• deficit in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• deficit in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Noun

deficit m (invariable)

1. deficit (financial, medical)

Latin

Verb

d?ficit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of d?fici?

Portuguese

Noun

deficit m (plural deficits)

1. Alternative form of déficit

Romanian

Etymology

From French déficit

Noun

deficit n (plural deficite)

1. deficit

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

d?ficit m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. deficit (financial)

Declension