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debit collapse: an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing; enter as debit

arrears collapse: an unpaid overdue debt; the state of being behind in payments; "an account in arrears"

deficit collapse: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"; an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"; (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing; a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"

outage collapse: a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers); "there will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m."; the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation

conspicuous consumption collapse: buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth

grubstake collapse: funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits; supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits

sponsorship collapse: the act of sponsoring (either officially or financially)

famine collapse: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

beggary collapse: a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person); the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy"

drought collapse: a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"; a prolonged shortage; "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought"

missing link collapse: hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings

debt collapse: an obligation to pay or do something; money or goods or services owed by one person to another; the state of owing something (especially money); "he is badly in debt"

incompleteness collapse: the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect; "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"; "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable"

capitalization collapse: the sale of capital stock; the act of capitalizing on an opportunity; an estimation of the value of a business; writing in capital letters

depletion collapse: the act of decreasing something markedly; the state of being depleted

digestion collapse: learning and coming to understand ideas and information; "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion"; the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body; the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat

default collapse: loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default"; act of failing to meet a financial obligation; fail to pay up

ablation collapse: surgical removal of a body part or tissue; the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

retrenchment collapse: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable; entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense

erosion collapse: (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it); a gradual decline of something; "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors"; condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind

absence collapse: failure to be present; the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"; the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence"

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