| deficit | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. deficit, shortage, shortfall | the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit" |
| ~ inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency | lack of an adequate quantity or number.; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" |
| ~ oxygen deficit | temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise. |
| n. (state) | 2. deficit | a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning.; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits" |
| ~ deficiency, lack, want | the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" |
| n. (quantity) | 3. deficit | (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ score | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.; "the score was 7 to 0" |
| n. (possession) | 4. deficit | an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period).; "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit" |
| ~ liabilities | anything that is owed to someone else. |
| ~ budget deficit | an excess of expenditures over revenues. |
| ~ trade deficit | an excess of imports over exports. |
| loss | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. loss | something that is lost.; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt" |
| ~ transferred possession, transferred property | a possession whose ownership changes or lapses. |
| ~ forfeit, forfeiture | something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty. |
| ~ financial loss | loss of money or decrease in financial value. |
| ~ sacrifice | a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value.; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice" |
| ~ wastage | anything lost by wear or waste. |
| n. (process) | 2. loss | gradual decline in amount or activity.; "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business" |
| ~ decline, diminution | change toward something smaller or lower. |
| ~ epilation | loss of hair; the result of removing hair. |
| ~ reducing | loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer.; "a doctor supervised her reducing" |
| n. (act) | 3. loss | the act of losing someone or something.; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" |
| ~ failure | an act that fails.; "his failure to pass the test" |
| ~ default | loss due to not showing up.; "he lost the game by default" |
| ~ capitulation, surrender, fall | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions).; "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. deprivation, loss | the disadvantage that results from losing something.; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation" |
| ~ disadvantage | the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position. |
| n. (event) | 5. loss | the experience of losing a loved one.; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather" |
| ~ experience | an event as apprehended.; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention" |
| n. (possession) | 6. loss, red, red ink | the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue.; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year" |
| ~ paper loss | an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost. |
| ~ squeeze | a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer.; "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits" |
| ~ amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money | a quantity of money.; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" |
| n. (event) | 7. loss, personnel casualty | military personnel lost by death or capture. |
| ~ casualty | a decrease of military personnel or equipment. |
| ~ combat injury, wound, injury | a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat. |
| ~ sacrifice | personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective). |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (event) | 8. departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release | euphemistic expressions for death.; "thousands mourned his passing" |
| ~ euphemism | an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh. |
| ~ death, decease, expiry | the event of dying or departure from life.; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" |
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