deficit
noun[C]
uk/ˈdef.ɪ.sɪt/us/ˈdef.ə.sɪt/C1
thetotalamountby whichmoneyspentis more thanmoneyreceived:
赤字;逆差;亏损Thecountryisrunninga balance-of-payments/budget/tradedeficitof$250 million.该国的收支差额/预算赤字/贸易逆差已达2.5亿美元。
The UK's deficitinmanufacturedgoodsfellslightlyin the last threemonths.在过去的3个月里,英国制造业的亏损略有好转。
Synonym
shortfall
Opposite
surplus
- There are manypriorities, butreducingthebudgetdeficit isparamount/is ofparamountimportance.
- By late in the firsthalfUnitedwerestaringat a seven-goal deficit andalmostcertaindefeat.
- The UKtradedeficitwidened/narrowedlastmonth.
- Thegovernmentclaimedthey were doing a goodjobofreducingthe country'stradedeficit andbalancingthebudget.
- The deficit has beenrisinginrecentyearsbecause of adropinearningsfromoil, the country'smainexport.
Profits & losses
- anti-profiteering
- anti-speculative
- buoyancy
- cash cow
- gold mine
- lose
- loseyourshirtidiom
- margin
- muck
- profit
- profit fromsomething
- profit warning
- profitability
- profitable
- profitably
- rake-off
- trade deficit
- trade surplus
- winnings