"shortfall" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: shortfalls [plural]
Etymology: short + fall, from the verb phrase fall short. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|short|fall}} short + fall, {{m|en|fall short}} fall short Head templates: {{en-noun}} shortfall (plural shortfalls)
  1. An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target. Categories (topical): Finance Translations (instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount): дефици́т (deficít) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vajaus (Finnish), puuttuminen (Finnish), insuffisance [feminine] (French), manquement [masculine] (French), défaut de paiement [masculine] (French), kiesés (Hungarian), kōpakatanga (Maori), pūhoretanga (Maori), کمبود (kambud) (Persian), zadyszka [feminine] (Polish), insuficiência [feminine] (Portuguese), дефици́т (deficít) [masculine] (Russian), déficit [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shortfall-en-noun-jSzCOOqV Disambiguation of Finance: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount': 77 23
  2. The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed. Translations (amount missed): vaje (Finnish), vajaus (Finnish), alijäämä (Finnish), kiesés (Hungarian), brak [masculine] (Polish), niedobór [masculine] (Polish), niedostatek [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-shortfall-en-noun-fXR-zKKe Disambiguation of 'amount missed': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: closure shortfall, force shortfall, implementation shortfall, shortfall constraint, shortfall risk

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      "word": "kiesés"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount",
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      "sense": "instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount",
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      "word": "insuficiência"
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      "sense": "instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "déficit"
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