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short·fall

(shôrt′fôl′)

1. A failure to attain a specified amount or level; a shortage.

2. The amount by which a supply falls short of expectation, need, or demand.

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shortfall

(ˈʃɔːtˌfɔːl)

1. failure to meet a goal or a requirement

2. the amount of such a failure; deficiency: a shortfall of 30ドルm.

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short•fall

(ˈʃɔrtˌfɔl)

n.

1. the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.

2. the act of falling short.

[1890–95]

shortfall

The lack of forces, equipment, personnel, materiel, or capability, reflected as the difference between the resources identified as a plan requirement and those apportioned to a combatant commander for planning, that would adversely affect the command's ability to accomplish its mission.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun 1. shortfall - the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"

deficit, shortage

inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

oxygen deficit - temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise

shortfall

noun deficit, shortage, deficiency, loss, default, arrears The government has refused to make up a shortfall in funding.

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shortfall

noun

The condition or fact of being deficient:

defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, underage.

Translations

قِلَّة

manko

underskud

Defizit

έλλειμμα

deficiencia

vaje

insuffisance manque à gagner

manjak

deficit ammanco calo

不足すること

부족

underskott

จํานวนที่ขาดไป

açık

lượng thiếu

短缺

shortfall

[ˈʃɔːtfɔːl] N (in profits) → déficit m (in en) (in payments, savings) → disminución f (in de) (in numbers) → insuficiencia f (in de) shortfall in earnings → ingresos mpl insuficientes
there is a shortfall of 5,000ドル → faltan 5.000 libras
the shortfall of 5,000ドル → las 5.000 libras que faltan
there is a shortfall of 200 in the registrations for this course → hay 200 matriculaciones menos para este curso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shortfall

[ˈʃɔː^rtfɔːl] n (in supplies) → insuffisance f
a shortfall in earnings → une manque à gagner short-haired [ˌʃɔː^rtˈhɛə^rd] adj [person] → aux cheveux courts; [animal] → à poil ras

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shortfall

[ˈʃɔːtˌfɔːl] n (Fin) → deficit sm inv
there is a shortfall of 20,000ドル → mancano 20.000 sterline

shortfall

→ قِلَّة manko underskud Defizit έλλειμμα deficiencia vaje manque à gagner manjak deficit 不足すること 부족 tekort svikt niedobór falta недостаток underskott จํานวนที่ขาดไป açık lượng thiếu 短缺

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