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The amount by which something falls short of a given quantity or amount.
The amount by which the revenue of a state, company, etc. falls short of the expenditure; a deficit; hence deficiency act, deficiency bill, deficienc…
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…
Deficiency or desire, considered as something quantifiable.