deficit
/ˈdefɪsɪt/noun
उच्चारण डेफ़िसिट
घाटा, कमी, न्यूनता (धन)
Core wordPYP · asked 4 times
Asked in previous papers
as antonym
- 1
[C] ~ (in sth)
the amount by which money spent or owed is greater than money earned in a particular period of time
घाटा, कमी, न्यूनता (धन)
- a budget deficit
- The company has a deficit of five crore rupees.
- The government is trying to reduce the fiscal deficit.
+ 2 more examples
- The company reported a deficit of two crore rupees last year.
- A trade deficit means a country imports more than it exports.
Synonyms shortfall deficiency loss debt arrears
- 2
[C] ~ (in sth)
the amount by which something is too small
कमी, अभाव
- a deficit in rainfall
- a sleep deficit
- There is a serious deficit of trained teachers in the district.
+ 2 more examples
- A water deficit hit farmers during the dry summer.
- The team faced a deficit of fifty runs after the first innings.
Synonyms shortage deficiency lack dearth
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
deficit in/of sth
Deficit is followed by in or of for the area that falls short: a deficit in the budget, a deficit of rupees.
जिस क्षेत्र में कमी हो उसके लिए 'deficit' के बाद 'in' या 'of' आता है।
- The company ran a deficit of two crore rupees.
- There is a deficit in the school's funds.
budget deficit / fiscal deficit / trade deficit
These economic terms name the shortfall between spending and income, or imports and exports.
ये आर्थिक शब्द व्यय और आय, या आयात और निर्यात के बीच की कमी को बताते हैं।
- India's trade deficit widened last year.
- The fiscal deficit was reduced.
be in deficit / run a deficit
Be in deficit means to have spent more than earned; run a deficit means to keep doing this.
'Be in deficit' का अर्थ कमाई से अधिक ख़र्च करना है; 'run a deficit' का अर्थ यह लगातार करना है।
- The account was in deficit at month end.
deficit vs deficiency
Deficit is mainly about money or a shortfall; deficiency is a lack of something needed, like vitamins.
'Deficit' मुख्यतः धन या कमी के लिए है; 'deficiency' आवश्यक वस्तु की कमी है, जैसे विटामिन की।
- He suffers from iron deficiency.
- The state has a revenue deficit.
+Collocations 4
adjective + deficit
largehugegrowingbudgettrade
- A growing deficit worried the finance minister.
verb + deficit
reducecutruncoverface
- The government is trying to cut the fiscal deficit.
deficit + noun
financingreductionspendingfiguretarget
- The deficit figure was announced in the budget.
deficit in
tradeattentionrainfalltrustskills
- A deficit in rainfall hurt the kharif crop.
“More examples 5
- The state is facing a revenue deficit this year.
राज्य को इस वर्ष राजस्व घाटे का सामना करना पड़ रहा है।
- The team had a deficit of eleven runs at lunch.
लंच तक टीम ग्यारह रन पीछे थी।
- Radhika's club ran a deficit after paying for the trophy.
ट्रॉफ़ी का भुगतान करने के बाद राधिका के क्लब का ख़र्च आमदनी से अधिक हो गया।
- A trade deficit means a country imports more than it exports.
व्यापार घाटे का अर्थ है कि देश निर्यात से अधिक आयात करता है।
- Experts blamed the deficit on poor planning.
विशेषज्ञों ने घाटे के लिए ख़राब योजना को ज़िम्मेदार ठहराया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The budget deficit are increasing every year.
✓ The budget deficit is increasing every year.
Deficit is singular and takes is.
'Deficit' एकवचन है और इसके साथ 'is' आता है।
✗ India has trade deficit with China.
✓ India has a trade deficit with China.
Deficit is countable here and a singular noun needs an article.
यहाँ 'deficit' गणनीय है और एकवचन संज्ञा के साथ article चाहिए।
✗ The child has a vitamin deficit.
✓ The child has a vitamin deficiency.
A lack of a nutrient is deficiency, not deficit.
पोषक तत्त्व की कमी 'deficiency' होती है, 'deficit' नहीं।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
def·i·cit
Spelling and stress: def-i-cit, stress on the first syllable, DEficit (not 'deficite' or 'defficit').
Spelling और stress में def-i-cit, stress पहले syllable पर, DEficit ('deficite' या 'defficit' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep apart deficit (shortfall) and deficient (lacking: 'deficient in vitamins').
Deficit (कमी) और deficient (में कमी वाला: 'deficient in vitamins') को अलग रखिए।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Fiscal deficit (total spending minus total receipts excluding borrowing), revenue deficit, current account deficit, trade deficit; the FRBM Act sets limits on the fiscal deficit; a deficit budget.
Fiscal deficit (कुल व्यय में से उधार छोड़कर कुल प्राप्तियाँ घटाने पर), revenue deficit, current account deficit, trade deficit; FRBM Act fiscal deficit की सीमा तय करता है; deficit budget।