Results for "deficit
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deficit
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "deficit", "results": [{"typeOf": ["deficiency", "inadequacy", "insufficiency"], "examples": ["new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"], "hasTypes": ["oxygen deficit"], "synonyms": ["shortage", "shortfall"], "definition": "the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["want", "deficiency", "lack"], "examples": ["the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory", "they have serious linguistic deficits"], "definition": "a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["liabilities"], "examples": ["last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"], "hasTypes": ["budget deficit", "trade deficit"], "definition": "an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["score"], "antonyms": ["lead"], "definition": "(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing", "inCategory": ["sport", "athletics"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 3.13, "syllables": {"list": ["def", "i", "cit"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'dɛfɪsɪt"}}