Deficit Control Act
A deficit is the amount by which a sum falls short of some reference amount. Economics * Deficit (economics), the excess of an organization's expenditure over its revenue Psychology * Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a developmental disorder * Cognitive deficit, any characteristic that acts as a barrier to cognitive performance Other * Defect (geometry), angular deficit * ''Déficit'', a 2007 Mexican film by Gael García Bernal See also

* Government debt, the accumulated amount of deficits; "debt" and "deficit" are sometimes confused. * Deficit Reduction Act (other) * Deficit reduction * Fiscal (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Deficit (economics)
In economics, deficit is the excess of an organization's expenditure over its revenue, such as in: * Deficit spending, the amount by which spending exceeds revenue * Government deficit spending: a negative government budget balance; fiscal deficit of that year= total borrowing by government ** Primary deficit, the pure deficit derived after deducting the interest payments ** Structural and cyclical deficit, parts of the public sector deficit * Income deficit, the difference between family income and the poverty threshold * Trade deficit, when the value of imports exceed the value of exports; a negative balance of trade See also * Balance of payments deficit, when the balance of payments is negative * Equity (finance) In finance, equity is an ownership interest in property that may be subject to debts or other liabilities. Equity is measured for accounting purposes by subtracting liabilities from the value of the assets owned. For example, if someone owns a ...