Collocations for deficit - noun

enormous, huge, large, massive, serious, substantial
ballooning, exploding, growing, soaring
small
net, overall
projected
balance-of-payments, budget, current-account, federal, financial, fiscal, trade
national
attention, cognitive, neurological
attention deficit disorder
His teacher thought he had some sort of cognitive deficit.

face, have, run, show
If the government didn't run such huge deficits, the country would not have financial problems.
The trade balance shows a deficit of two million dollars.

go into, move into, run up, slip into
to prevent the country from moving into deficit
The company has run up a deficit of £30 000.

increase, widen
address, tackle
cut, halve, narrow, reduce, shrink
You cannot cut a budget deficit simply by raising taxes.

correct, eliminate, erase, make up, wipe out
We will find it hard to make up this deficit.

overcome
overturn (BrE,sports)
United are hoping to overturn a two-goal deficit from the first leg.

finance, fund
The government was forced to sell state-owned companies to fund the budget deficit.

run at sth
a budget deficit running at 7% of GDP

grow, increase, rise, widen
balloon, soar
The US trade deficit ballooned to a record $167 billion.

decrease, fall, narrow, shrink

in deficit
The UK remained in deficit with all countries outside the EU.

deficit with
the US trade deficit with Japan