Mind the gap: on fiscal deficit
Date :- 31-12-2018
1. Deficit (Noun)
– Meaning - an excess of expenditure or liabilities
over income or assets in a given period.
synonyms:
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shortfall, deficiency, shortage, undersupply, slippage;
indebtedness, debt, arrears;
minus
amount, negative amount, loss
"there
was a large, continuing deficit in the federal budget"
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2. Mind The
Gap (Phrase) – (Listen (Help- Information)) is an audible or visual warning
phrase issued to rail passengers to take caution while crossing the horizontal,
and in some cases vertical, spatial gap between the train door
and the station platform.
3. Augury (Noun) - a sign of what
will happen in the future; an omen.
"they heard the sound as an
augury of death"
4. Underwhelm (Verb) - fail to
impress or make a positive impact on (someone);
Synonym:- disappoint.
"American voters seem
underwhelmed by the choices for president"
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5. Disquiet
– noun - a feeling of worry or unease.
"public disquiet about animal
testing"
synonyms:
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unease, uneasiness, worry, anxiety, anxiousness, distress, concern, unrest, disquietude, inquietude;
perturbation, consternation, upset, malaise;
alarm, anguish, fear, fright, dread, panic, angst;
nervousness, agitation, restlessness, fretfulness, jitteriness;
foreboding, trepidation
"there has been grave
disquiet about the state of the prisons"
antonyms: calm
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6. Skewed (Verb) - suddenly
change direction or position.
"the car had skewed across the
track"
twist or turn or cause to do this.
"he skewed around in his
saddle"
7. Buoyancy (Noun (Tendency to float)) - Buoyancy or upthrust, is an upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of an immersed object.
8. Shortfalls - (Noun) - a deficit of something required or expected.
Synonyms :- elasticity, resilience
Antonyms :- depression
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8. Shortfalls - (Noun) - a deficit of something required or expected.
"they are facing an expected $10 billion shortfall in revenue"
Synonyms - inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency, deficit, shortage
Antonyms:- adequacy, sufficiency
9. Spigot – (Noun) – 1. the plug of a faucet or cock
2.
something resembling a spigot especially in regulating availability or flow (as of money)
Synonyms :- cock, faucet, gate, stopcock, tap, valve
"Despite those actions, his court
case kept the campaign spigot flowing."
10. Rustle
– a soft, muffled crackling sound like that made by the movement of dry leaves
or paper.
"there was a rustle in the
undergrowth behind her"
Synonyms - swish, swishing, whisper, whispering, rustling, Rare
susurration, susurrus
11. Rustle
up (something) - phrasal verb with rustle
- to make, find, or prepare something quickly:
Give me a minute and I’ll
rustle up some scrambled eggs)
12. Onus –
(Noun) - something that is one's duty or responsibility.
"the onus is on you to
show that you have suffered loss"
synonyms:
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burden, responsibility, liability, obligation, duty, weight, load, charge,
mantle, encumbrance, cross
to bear, millstone round one's neck, albatross
"the onus is on the plaintiff
to obtain the police report"
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