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antideficit

antideficit adjective: acting against or opposing a deficit.

Adjective

antideficit (not comparable)

  1. (economy) Acting against or opposing a deficit.
    • Mr. Spratt, chairman of the House Budget Committee, is an antideficit crusader who said he would like to see federal red ink reduced beyond the projections in Mr. Obama’s budget.2009 March 10, “John M. Spratt Jr.”, in New York Times

Origin of antideficit

From anti- + deficit.

Questions about antideficit

What does antideficit mean?
Antideficit means acting against or opposing a deficit.
What part of speech is antideficit?
Antideficit is an adjective.

Words near antideficit in the dictionary

  1. antidefence
  2. antidefendant
  3. antidefense
  4. antideferral
  5. antideficiency
  6. antideficit
  7. antideflation
  8. antideflationary
  9. antideforestation
  10. antideformity
  11. antidegenerative

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