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deficit (s) (noun), deficits (pl)
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government deficit (s) (noun), government deficits (pl)
A shortage, less than is due as in the case of a business or government budget: A government deficit involves more expenditures than income.

Unbalanced budgets with a planned year-end government deficit are prohibited at every level of government except at the federal level.

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