Vocabulary
Deficit
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The stagnating exports meant that the trade deficit would spike to $6bn in the same period.
- A nearly 200pc increase in the month-over-month gap in August and an over 45pc increase in the year-over-year deficit in the July-August period are hardly reassuring, and underscore the external sector`s structural fragility.
- The State Bank notes in its latest monetary policy statement that the external sector outlook remains susceptible to evolving domestic and global conditions, and that flood-related crop damage could widen the trade deficit.
- The bank, too, hopes that the deficit will remain manageable in the range of 0-1pc of GDP this year, despite flood-related import pressures, with reserves expected to inch up from $14.5bn to $15.5bn by December.
- Our industrial and agricultural output remains low and exports are stagnant, fuelling the trade deficit and enhancing external sector vulnerability to small shocks.
Synonyms
shortfall, deficiency, shortage, undersupply, slippage, indebtedness, debt
Curator example
“an annual operating deficit”
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