shortfall
IPA: ʃˈɔrtfɔɫ
noun
- An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
- The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.
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Examples of "shortfall" in Sentences
- This covers most of the shortfall.
- The city sue the province over the shortfall.
- He used the pension fund to cover the shortfall.
- The expected shortfall is a spectral measure of risk.
- The payment will later be increased to repay the shortfall.
- The 7m shortfall was overlooked and the event was considered a success.
- The shortfall is created by institutionalized depreciation of US money.
- The case demonstrates the shortfalls of the independent counsel statute.
- Fortunes on the pitch suffered as the shortfall was met by selling players.
- In that situation, the members or shareholders are liable for the shortfall.
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