huge deficit

collocation in English

meaningsofhugeanddeficit

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huge
adjective
uk
/hjuːdʒ/us
/hjuːdʒ/
extremely large in size ...
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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 ofhugeanddeficitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This, at the time, was generally understood to be impossible, because of thehugedeficit, way above the permissible 3%.
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They must recognise that we cannot continue indefinitely with ahugedeficit.
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In 1981–82, about £574 million in subsidies went to the coal industry, including ahugedeficitgrant.
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There are forecasts of ahugedeficitin cereal foods.
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Then there is thishugedeficitin the balance of payments, but they have not introduced any particular protectionist thoughts.
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The substantial evidence is that thishugedeficitis the cumulative effect of a long-term trend.
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This, combined with the rapid increase in purchasing power, has resulted in ahugedeficitin overseas trade in manufactured products.
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One-third of thathugedeficitcould not be explained away by the oil price rise of 1973.
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Thehugedeficitcannot always be taken up by people who require such care.
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Such ahugedeficitis too great to sustain.
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That is a difficult task, given the size and complexity of the college, and thehugedeficitthat was projected.
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But we just do not know what can be done quickly to meet the position and avoid the accumulation of thathugedeficitof money.
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No wonder there is still ahugedeficit.
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It is against thishugedeficitthat we must realistically examine now the entry of children from countries of origin.
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Thehugedeficitin manufactured trade has been getting worse.
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Next year both the balance of payments and the balance of trade will be inhugedeficit.
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There was a small trade deficit overall last year, but ahugedeficitof £8·7 billion in manufactured goods.
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Does he think that there is some charity in the sky that will fund thathugedeficitthat he has run up?
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There is ahugedeficitin the balance of payments for information technology, and it is getting worse, not better.
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What will happen to my health trust'shugedeficitand my hospitals?
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