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noun ADJ. huge, large, massive, serious, substantial | small | net, overall | balance-of-payments, budget, budgetary, financial, fiscal, trade VERB + DEFICIT face, have, run, show If the government didn't run such huge deficits, the country would not have financial problems. The trade balance shows a deficit of two million pounds. | go into, move into, run up, slip into to prevent the country moving into deficit The company has run up a deficit of £30,000. | cut, eliminate, make up, reduce, tackle, wipe out You cannot cut a budget deficit simply by raising taxes. We will find it hard to make up this deficit. | overcome, overturn United are hoping to overturn a two-goal deficit from the first leg. | finance, fund The government was forced to sell state-owned companies to fund the budget deficit. DEFICIT + VERB run at sth a budget deficit running at 7% of GDP | grow, increase, rise, widen | decrease, fall, narrow, shrink PREP. in ~ The UK remained in deficit with all countries outside the EU. | ~ with the US trade deficit with Japan
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deficit
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + deficit
huge/massive
(= very big )
• The recession left the Government with a massive deficit.
a growing deficit
(= becoming bigger )
• Congress must slash federal spending to curb a growing deficit.
a budget deficit
• Last year there was a budget deficit of US $70,000,000.
a trade deficit
(= the difference between the amount of goods a country imports and the amount it exports )
• Last year the country had its largest trade deficit in recent history.
verbs
have a deficit
• We had a trade deficit of more than $4 billion.
show a deficit
• Friday's trade figures showed a £10 billion deficit.
face a deficit
• The party is facing a deficit of £1.3million for this year, so it must find ways of cutting its costs.
reduce/cut a deficit
• We must drastically cut our budget deficit to sustain economic growth.
eliminate a deficit
(= completely get rid of it )
• His proposals have so far failed to eliminate the deficit.
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