deficit
Example Sentences
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Not only will it need to finance a budget deficit of the order of $2 trillion a year, but it will also need to roll over around $9 trillion a year in maturing debt.
From Barron's
Not only will it need to finance a budget deficit of the order of $2 trillion a year, but it will also need to roll over around $9 trillion a year in maturing debt.
From Barron's
From this autumn, councils in England will now receive a grant paying off 90% of any deficits that they had built up to the end of this financial year.
From BBC
They can ramp up the pressure even more on Arsenal with victory over Fulham on Wednesday to halve the deficit at the top before the Gunners face Brentford 24 hours later.
From Barron's
Patriots fans perhaps envisioned a repeat of Super Bowl LI in 2017, when Tom Brady led the Patriots back from a 28-3 deficit to beat the Atlanta Falcons.
From Los Angeles Times
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