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Deficit vs Meagreness - What's the difference?

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Deficit is a related term of meagreness.


As nouns the difference between deficit and meagreness

is that deficit is deficit while meagreness is (british) the state of being meagre.

deficit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
  • A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds government revenue.
  • * 2013 September 28, , " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
    • Economically, too, London is startlingly different. The capital, unlike the country as a whole, has no budget deficit : London’s public spending matches the taxes paid in the city. The average Londoner contributes 70 percent more to Britain’s national income than people in the rest of the country.
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    • Synonyms

    * fiscal deficit

    Derived terms

    * fiscal deficit * trade deficit

    Related terms

    * defect * defection * defective * defector * deficiency * deficient

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    References

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    meagreness

    English

    Alternative forms

    * meagerness (US)

    Noun

    (meagrenesses)
  • (British) The state of being meagre.

    • Anagrams

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