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deficit|ˈdɛfɪsɪt, ˈdiːfɪsɪt|
[a. F. déficit (1690 in Hatzf.), a. L. dēficit ‘it is wanting, there is wanting’ (from dēficĕre: see deficient), formerly used in inventories, etc., to designate things wanting.]
A falling short, a deficiency; the amount by which a sum of money, or the like, falls short of what is due or required; the excess of expenditure or liabilities over income or assets.
1782Gentl. Mag. LII. 122/1 The deficit in the accounts of men entrusted with public employment. 1787T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 209 They see a great deficit in their revenues. 1817Bentham Parl. Ref. Catech. (1818) 75 In congress, where, in the very last year, there was a surplus..instead of a deficit, as here. 1861Musgrave By-roads 215 The hardier sex was compelled to make good the deficit arising from the withdrawal of female exertion. 1879H. Fawcett in 19th Cent. Feb. 194 (Government of India) Deficits have been repeatedly recurring, and debt has been steadily and surely accumulated.
Add:2. Special Comb. deficit financing, the financing of (esp. government) expenditure in excess of revenue, with the difference made up by borrowing; cf. pump-priming vbl. n.
1943J. M. Keynes Coll. Writings (1980) XXVII. 353, I am sure that, if serious unemployment does develop, *deficit financing is absolutely certain to happen. 1964Gould & Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 561/2 Deficit financing might be relied upon to stimulate the economy so that it will move towards full employment. 1985Investors Chron. 8 Nov. 30/1 The interest can be recovered immediately by development yields to avoid deficit-financing until the first rent-review.
deficit spending, expenditure (esp. governmental) which is in excess of revenue, and is financed by borrowing rather than by taxation.
1941H. H. Villard Deficit Spending & National Income xxvi. 369 To the extent that depressions result from financial panics..the role that can be played by *deficit spending is small. 1987Christian Science Monitor 17 June 2/4 Heller advocated deficit spending to spur economic growth and supported federal revenue sharing with states. |