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Deficit  

The excess of spending over receipts or budget; excess of expenses over revenue.

(Graham, Andrew. 2007. Canadian Public-Sector Financial Management. Kingston, ON: School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University; Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.)