cumulative deficit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcumulativeanddeficit
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cumulative
adjective
uk/ˈkjuː.mjə.lə.tɪv/us/ˈkjuː.mjə.lə.t̬ɪv/
increasing by one addition ...
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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 ofcumulativeanddeficitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Cwmcarn school in my constituency had acumulativedeficitof £116,000 in the three-year period 1992–95.
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There was acumulativedeficiton current and long-term capital account of £1,345 million in the thirteen years 1952–64.
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Was it a deficit for that particular financial year or acumulativedeficitwhich carried forward the deficit from the previous year or years?
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It is not a question of one month; it is a question now of acumulativedeficitover several years.
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But already in this decade since 1960 it adds up to acumulativedeficitof over £2,000 million on current and capital account.
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When will the hospital trust be obliged to write off itscumulativedeficit?
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By the end of 1988 thecumulativedeficitwill be £75,000 plus.
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In brief, an investment analysis of the plan's costs and returns showed a largecumulativedeficitover the 20-year period of supply.
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I said that a profit of £4½ million for one year had been turned into a totalcumulativedeficitof £220 million between 1953 and 1958.
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Either their current orcumulativedeficitis too large, or both.
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They ignore the fact that last year there was acumulativedeficitin invisibles.
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This is a short term measure which will add to the board'scumulativedeficitin 1990–91.
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Since 1960, thecumulativedeficiton recorded transactions has by now reached about £2,000 million.
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This leaves us with acumulativedeficitwhich will be of the order of £1,250 million, or even higher.
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Between 1974 and 1979 there was acumulativedeficitof over £5 billion.
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It is now clear that at the end of 1991–92 the district was faced with acumulativedeficitof £10·5 million and a continuing overspend of £5·4 million.
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I should have said "cumulativedeficit".
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It was estimated in 2003 that increased water demand and decreased water availability has led to acumulativedeficitof nearly 2 billion cubic metres.
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Our major regional theatres have cumulative deficits of more than £7 million.
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The respective cumulative deficits of the airways and transport will come to more than £40 million by the end of 1950.
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