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deficit

noun as in shortage of something needed, required

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If Spain are unable to overturn the deficit in the best-of-three tie, there will be no further opportunity for Nadal to play again.

From BBC

From that point Boulter showed tremendous fight to claw back the deficit, but the 28-year-old was then mortified to put a volley into the net at 30-30 in the ninth game.

From BBC

In particular, economists say the former and soon-to-be-again president’s stated plans for sweeping tariffs and tax cuts could reignite inflation and significantly raise the deficit, thus putting upward pressure on home loan costs.

Trump has proposed sweeping tariffs and large tax cuts, something experts say would likely boost inflation and the nation’s deficit — two things that typically put upward pressure on mortgage rates.

To avoid government penalties, deficit holders must buy credits from companies like Tesla.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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