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FEDERAL DEFICIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does federal deficit mean?
• FEDERAL DEFICIT (noun)
The noun FEDERAL DEFICIT has 1 sense:
1. an excess of the federal government's spending over its revenue
Familiarity information: FEDERAL DEFICIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An excess of the federal government's spending over its revenue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
federal deficits can cause inflation
Hypernyms ("federal deficit" is a kind of...):
budget deficit (an excess of expenditures over revenues)
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