"shortfall" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shortfalls [plural], short-fall [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal from fall short. By surface analysis, short + fall. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|fall short}} Deverbal from fall short, {{surf|+com|en|short|fall}} By surface analysis, short + fall 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. 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), krótka kołdra [feminine] (Polish), insuficiência [feminine] (Portuguese), дефици́т (deficít) [masculine] (Russian), déficit [masculine] (Spanish), insuficiencia [feminine] (Spanish), deficiencia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shortfall-en-noun-jSzCOOqV Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Finance Disambiguation of English deverbals: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Finance: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount': 73 27
  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': 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: closure shortfall, force shortfall, implementation shortfall, shortfall constraint, shortfall risk

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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