Betekenis van deficit In het Nederlands

• 0 the total amount by which money spent is more than money received:

  • The country is running a balance-of-payments/budget/trade deficit of $250 million.

  • The UK's deficit in manufactured goods fell slightly in the last three months.

• 1 the amount by which money spent is more than money received:

  • The theater has been operating at a deficit of over $150,000 a year.

• 2 the total amount by which money spent by a business or government is more than the money it receives:

  • a deficit of £10 million/$1 billion, etc. The two companies between them have reported a deficit of nearly $14bn.

  • have/run/show a deficit About a third of the nation's non-profit arts presenters run a large deficit each year, according to Charity Navigator.

  • reduce/cut a deficit

  • federal/government/public deficit

  • The US balance of payments deficit was running at over 4% of gross domestic product.

• 3 the amount by which something, especially an amount of money, is smaller than it should be:

  • a pension/pension fund deficit

  • a deficit in sth The company reported that an estimated $31.5 million deficit in this year's operating budget would end up at about $20 million as a result of savings.

  • There is a deficit of trust between the customer and the banks, which yesterday's headline figure will do little to dispel.

• 4 used to describe a situation when a business or country has spent more money than it has received, or an amount of money is smaller than it should be:

  • At the time, the Federal Budget was expected to remain in deficit until at least Fiscal 2011.

  • At their last valuation, almost all council pension funds were in deficit.