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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|fr|déficit]] (late 17th century),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Latin [[m|la|dēficit|t=it is wanting]], the third person singular present of dēficere, to fail, be lacking (see [[deficient]], [[defect]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from dē-, down, away, and facere, to do, make.^(Etymonline) The Latin word introduced clauses in inventories^(Etymonline) and was formerly written against a missing item in an account.^(Hoad 1986)
+ It is [[bor|fr|déficit]] (late 17th century),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Latin [[m|la|dēficit|t=it is wanting]], the third person singular present of [[m|la|dēficere]], to fail, be lacking (see [[deficient]], [[defect]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from dē-, down, away, and [[m|la|facere]], to do, make.^(Etymonline) The Latin word introduced clauses in inventories^(Etymonline) and was formerly written against a missing item in an account.^(Hoad 1986)
==Earliest recorded meaning==