overall deficit

collocation in English

meaningsofoverallanddeficit

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overall
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑːl/
in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group ...
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deficit
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdef.ɪ.sɪt/us
/ˈdef.ə.sɪt/
the total amount by which money spent is more than ...
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(Definition ofoverallanddeficitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is in accordance with several characteristics of the dataset, including lower diversity in the derived haplotype and theoveralldeficitof haplotypes compared with the equilibrium neutral model.
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If they think that it is inadequate, do they think that theoveralldeficitshould be larger?
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Theoveralldeficitamounts to £67·3 million, of which about £50 million arose in the accounts for last year.
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In other words, there was anoveralldeficitof £1 million.
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There, he says, he will have a smalloveralldeficitof £7 million, but that is, in fact, playing with words.
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He had to be careful, because we are budgeting for the largestoveralldeficitthat we have ever budgeted for, anoveralldeficitof £950 million.
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We are now told that we have anoveralldeficiton capital and current accounts on our balance of payments of about £4,000 million.
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The estimates for this year by various competent authorities vary from a £500 million to a £1,000 millionoveralldeficit.
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I am told that theoveralldeficitto owners is running at about £4 million per annum.
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At the present time it faces onoveralldeficitof £300 million.
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It is a debate about the kinds of investments we want and about the scale ofoveralldeficitthat we can sustain.
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The figure of £38½ million is too much to consider now with anoveralldeficitof £112 million above and below the line.
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It turned out that at the end of the year theoveralldeficitwas £300 million.
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First, there is a totaloveralldeficitof £318 million.
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Thus, the result commonly termed theoveralldeficitwas £394 million, or £76 million more than my predecessor estimated.
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The cumulativeoveralldeficitover the last ten years has amounted to £2,524 million.
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So theoveralldeficitfor the year is unlikely to exceed £100 million.
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Theoveralldeficiton the sea transport account is the lowest since 1982.
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It is instructive to look at the matter in the context of ouroveralldeficit.
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They are all part of the sameoveralldeficiton the balance of payments.
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