Deficit (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deficit</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for shortage that I've seen before include "Scarcity" , "Need" , "Insufficiency" , "Deficit" , "Dearth, lack" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deficit</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for loss that I've seen before include "Deficit" , "Defeat - deprivation" , "Financial reverse" , "Forfeiture" , "Financial shortfall" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deficit</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for shortfall that I've seen before include "lack" , "Loss" , "Not quite what's expected" , "what we're lacking" , "Not enough money" .)
(Other definitions for debit that I've seen before include "Remove (money) from account" , "Payment made or owed" , "left-side entry" , "Sum removed from a bank account" , "Opposite of credit" .)