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Deficit

Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc.

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Deficiency 76% connected

The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

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Inadequacy 76% connected

The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.

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Insufficiency 76% connected

The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.

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Lack 76% connected

Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

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Liabilities 76% connected

of Liability

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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Want 76% connected

The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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Shortage 92% connected

Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.

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Lead 94% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Lead 94% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Corridor noun · 78% connection

an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

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Defunctness noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Domain noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Field noun · 78% connection

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Amount noun · 78% connection

The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the a…

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Assessment noun · 78% connection

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the mem…

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Cutter noun · 78% connection

A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter.

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Deduction noun · 78% connection

a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket

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Destitution noun · 78% connection

The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; ext…

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Equalize verb · 78% connection

To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes.

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Farm verb · 78% connection

To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields…

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Fund verb · 78% connection

To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (a…

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Goodish adjective · 78% connection

large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"…

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Goodly adjective · 78% connection

large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"…

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Healthy adjective · 78% connection

large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"…

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