All deficit synonyms

noun deficit

• loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
• shortfall — the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.
• scantiness — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
• default — If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it.
• lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
• inadequacy — Also, inadequateness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
• paucity — smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources.
• deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
• insufficiency — deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy: insufficiency of supplies.
• shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
• arrears — Arrears are amounts of money that you owe, especially regular payments that you should have made earlier.
• dues — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
• defalcation — the amount embezzled
• in the red — any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
• underage — lacking the required age, especially that of legal maturity.
• shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
• dead horse — something that has ceased to be useful or relevant.
• discrepancy — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
• due bill — a brief written acknowledgment of indebtedness, not payable to order.
• debit — When your bank debits your account, money is taken from it and paid to someone else.
• in hock — If someone is in hock, they are in debt.
• scarcity — insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
• in the hole — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
• dearth — If there is a dearth of something, there is not enough of it.
• red ink — a financial deficit; business loss.
• required — to have need of; need: He requires medical care.