Dictionary Entry
defalcation
defalcation is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.
- 2noun
That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.
- 3noun
An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent having it in trust; an embezzlement.
- 4noun
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- 5noun
the sum of money that is misappropriated
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