shortfall

See also: short-fall

English

Etymology

short +‎ fall, from the verb phrase fall short.

Noun

shortfall (plural shortfalls)

1. An instance of not meeting a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation, or of having an insufficient amount to cover such obligations.

   Due to a shortfall in revenue, we will have to make some cuts.

2. The amount by which a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation is missed; the difference between the actual quota or debt and the lesser amount available to pay such obligations.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• closure shortfall
• force shortfall
• implementation shortfall
• shortfall constraint
• shortfall risk

Translations

instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount

• Bulgarian: дефици́т (bg) m (deficít)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: vajaus (fi), puuttuminen (fi)
• French: insuffisance (fr) f, manquement (fr) m, défaut de paiement m
• Maori: kōpakatanga, pūhoretanga
• Persian: کمبود‎ (fa) (kambud)
• Portuguese: insuficiência (pt) f
• Russian: дефици́т (ru) m (deficít)
• Spanish: déficit (es) m

amount missed

•  Chinese:

   Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

•  Finnish: vaje (fi), vajaus (fi), alijäämä (fi)
•  French: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• fall short