deficiency
11deficiency — The amount by which a project s cash flow is not adequate to meet debt service. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * deficiency UK US /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/ noun [C] (plural deficiencies) ► [C] a situation in which something is not as good as it should be …
12Deficiency — A deficiency is generally a lack of something. It may also refer to: A deficient number, in mathematics, a number n for which σ(n) < 2n Angular deficiency, in geometry, the difference between a sum of angles and the corresponding sum …
13deficiency — /di fish euhn see/, n., pl. deficiencies. 1. the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency. 2. the amount lacked; a deficit. [1625 35; < LL deficientia, L deficient (s. of deficiens). See DEFICIENT, ENCY] Syn. 1. shortage,… …
14deficiency — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major, serious, severe ▪ slight ▪ dietary, nutritional ▪ immune ▪ …
15deficiency — n. defect inadequacy 1) a hearing; iron; mental; mineral; vitamin deficiency 2) (a) deficiency in incompleted work (as in school) (AE) 3) to make up a deficiency * * * [dɪ fɪʃ(ə)nsɪ] iron mental mineral vitamin deficiency …
16deficiency — de|fi|cien|cy [dıˈfıʃənsi] n plural deficiencies [U and C] formal 1.) a lack of something that is necessary = ↑shortage deficiency of ▪ a deficiency of safe play areas for children iron/vitamin etc deficiency ▪ Some elderly people suffer from… …
17deficiency — [[t]dɪfɪ̱ʃ(ə)nsi[/t]] deficiencies 1) N VAR: with supp Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it. They did blood tests on him for signs of vitamin deficiency... There are serious deficiencies… …
18Deficiency — Conceptually, the numerical difference between the amount of tax that a taxpayer or taxpaying entity reports on a tax return and the amount that the IRS determines is actually owed. The term only applies to shortfalls and not to surpluses.… …
19deficiency */ — UK [dɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nsɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms deficiency : singular deficiency plural deficiencies 1) a lack of something that your body needs anaemia caused by iron deficiency 2) a fault in someone or something that makes them… …
20deficiency — noun 1) a vitamin deficiency Syn: insufficiency, lack, shortage, want, dearth, inadequacy, deficit, shortfall; scarcity, paucity, absence, deprivation, shortness Ant: surplus …
