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An amount by which something falls short of what is needed or expected.
noun
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deficit
The club covered its small budget deficit with proceeds from a book sale.
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Mira's student team wanted to record an entire audio drama in one weekend, but only a shorter episode was feasible with the room and equipment available. Their allocation of studio time gave each actor an hour, leaving no space for retakes. That created a deficit of recording hours before anyone had even arrived.
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