annual deficit

collocation in English

meaningsofannualanddeficit

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annual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæn.ju.əl/us
/ˈæn.ju.əl/
happening once ...
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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 ofannualanddeficitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We could still be left with anannualdeficitof about £16 billion over the next four or five years.
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Furthermore, theannualdeficitwill be £34,000, or more than £2,000 a pitch, which is economic nonsense.
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A kiosk can, however, often be provided if theannualdeficitis guaranteed by persons interested.
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Measures taken since the end of the war have progressively reduced theannualdeficit, and for the current year it is expected to be about £40,000.
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Itsannualdeficitis now considerable and it badly needs a means of increasing its income and placing itself on some more flexible basis.
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It involves increasing theannualdeficitpayment from about £8 million to about £16 million, at today's prices, until the year 2000.
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It was estimated that the average rent would be £26, which left anannualdeficitof £30 per house.
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The estimatedannualdeficitby the council in respect of that house was £170 a year.
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After all, maintenance and preservation might be effected byannualdeficitpayments.
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In the eight years since then there has been an averageannualdeficitof £1·3 billion.
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In the last three or four years this situation has changed and theannualdeficitis again mounting.
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The centre runs at anannualdeficitof around £20,000 a year, which has to be met by fund-raising, and is a constant struggle.
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The centre would in addition run anannualdeficiton its running costs—mainly rates—of over £1 million.
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At the rate of interest prevailing in 1951 there is anannualdeficitof about£60 per unit for conversion.
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Theannualdeficiton ferry services is estimated to be £1 million.
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That means a capital cost of £16,600 and anannualdeficitof £2,000 per pitch.
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The trading figures have shown anannualdeficitof about £15 billion.
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Is it not in fact the hugeannualdeficitof the railways?
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What we are getting, in fact, is 10 years' purchase at£45,000, instead of anannualdeficit, which, for the last four years, has been£37,000.
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The change from a ram supply to a ram purchase scheme should reduce the netannualdeficitassociated with the schemes by about £125,000.
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