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| Main Entry: |
in the red
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | operating at a loss |
| Synonyms: | at a loss, bankrupt, behindhand, defaulting, delinquent, in arrears, in debt, in dire straits, in the hock, in the hole, insolvent, losing money, nonpaying, to the bad, unprofitably |
| Antonyms: | in the black |
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| Main Entry: | deficit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage of something needed, required |
| Synonyms: | arrears, dead horse, defalcation, default, deficiency, due bill, dues, in hock, in the hole, in the red, inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, paucity, red ink, scantiness, shortcoming, shortfall, underage |
| Antonyms: | enough, excess, plenty, superfluousness |
| Main Entry: | deficit spending |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spending in excess of revenue or income |
| Synonyms: | budget deficit, compensatory spending, debt, debt explosion, deficit financing, in the red, megadebt, negative cash flow, no assets, overspending, paying out in excess of income, pump priming |
| Main Entry: | down-and-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destitute |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beaten, beggared, broke, broken, defeated, derelict, destitute, finished, impoverished, in the gutter, in the poorhouse, in the red, insolvent, moneyless, needy, on the skids, out of funds, outcast, penniless, poverty-stricken, ruined, vagabond, vagrant |
| Antonyms: | rich, wealthy, well-to-do |
| Main Entry: | insolvent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | financially ruined |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, broke*, broken, busted, failed, foreclosed, in Chapter 11, in Chapter 13, in receivership, in the red, indebted, lost, on the rocks, out of money, strapped, taken to the cleaners, unbalanced, undone, wiped out |
| Antonyms: | moneyed, rich, solvent, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shortfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficit; imperfection |
| Synonyms: | arrears, default, defectiveness, deficiency, flaw, in the hole, in the red, inadequacy, incompleteness, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, red ink, shortage, shortcoming, underage |
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| Main Entry: | debt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
bankrupt, beggared, behindhand, chargeable, due, gazetted, gratis, in arrears, in debt, in the gazette, incumbered, indebted, insolvent, involved, liable, minus, not paying, outstanding, owing, sperate, unable to make both ends meet, unpaid, unremunerated, unrequited, unrewarded, worse than nothing
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| Concept: | Debt. |
| Category: | 4. Monetary Relations |
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-nouns
-verbs
be in debt; owe; incur a debt, contract a debt; run up a bill, run up a score, run up an account; go on tick; borrow; run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable., answer for, go bail for.
-adjectives
indebted; liable, chargeable, answerable for., in debt, in embarassed circumstances, in difficulties; incumbered, involved; involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over head and ears in debt; deeply involved; fast tied up; insolvent (not paying); minus, out of pocket., unpaid; unrequited, unrewarded; owing, due, in arrear, outstanding.
-phrases
aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit [Latin]; "neither a borrower nor a lender be" [Hamlet].
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| Antonyms: | credit |
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