make up the deficiency

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• deficiency — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major, serious, severe ▪ slight ▪ dietary, nutritional ▪ immune ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• make-weight — makeˈ weight noun 1. Something which is thrown into a scale to make up the weight 2. A person or thing of little value added to compensate for a deficiency • • • Main Entry: ↑make …   Useful english dictionary

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• deficiency — /dɪ fɪʃ(ə)nsi/ noun a lack of something, or the amount by which something, e.g. a sum of money, is less than it should be ● There is a £10 deficiency in the petty cash. ♦ to make up a deficiency to put money into an account to balance it …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• make up — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to form by fitting together or assembling < make up a train of cars > b. to arrange typeset matter in (as pages) for printing 2. a. to combine to produce (a sum or whole) b. constitute, compose …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• make good — phrasal 1. (or make good on) to make valid or complete: as a. to make up for (a deficiency) b. indemnify < make good the loss > c. to carry out successfully < made good their escape > < made good on his promise > d. prove …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Deficiency, iron — The most common known form of nutritional disorder in the world, iron deficiency results in anemia because iron is necessary to make hemoglobin, key molecule in red blood cells responsible for the transport of oxygen. In iron deficiency anemia,… …   Medical dictionary

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• make-up — The amount of deficiency when a cash flow or capital item is deficient. For example, an interest make up relates to the interest amount above a ceiling percentage. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * make up UK US noun [S] ► the different people …   Financial and business terms

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