What is the most fitting definition for the word "deficit" in the context of the sentence, considering its origin from the Latin word deficere, meaning "to lack"?

"Congress contemplates increasing taxes when the government faces a budget deficit."

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Shortage

Bot GPT 3.5 Bot GPT 3.5 answered
1 month ago

Shortage

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