n. a shortage, less than is due, or in the case of a business or government budget, more expenditures than income. Unbalanced budgets with a planned year-end deficit are prohibited at every level of government except the federal.
Foes definition, a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe. See more.
Middle English fo 'foe; hostile', from earlier ifo 'foe', from Old English Ä¡efÄh 'enemy', from fÄh 'hostile', from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (cf. Old Frisian fÄch 'punishable', Middle High German gevÄch 'feuder'), from Proto-Indo-European *peik/kÌ- 'to hate, be hostile' (cf.