shortfall

See also: short-fall

English

Alternative forms

• short-fall

Etymology

Synthetic form of fall short, from short +‎ fall.

Noun

shortfall (plural shortfalls)

1. An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.

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

2. The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.

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 (fr) m Hungarian: kiesés (hu) Maori: kōpakatanga, pūhoretanga Persian: کمبود (fa) (kambud) Polish: zadyszka (pl) f, krótka kołdra (pl) f Portuguese: insuficiência (pt) f Russian: дефици́т (ru) m (deficít) Spanish: déficit (es) m, insuficiencia (es) f

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 Hungarian: kiesés (hu) Polish: brak (pl) m, niedobór (pl) m, niedostatek (pl) m

Anagrams

• fall short