shortfall amount
1shortfall — short‧fall [ˈʆɔːtfɔːl ǁ ˈʆɔːrtfɒːl] noun [countable] a difference between the amount that you have and the larger amount you need or expect: • a $300 million budget shortfall shortfall in/of • A shortfall in oil supplies worldwide precipitated… …
2shortfall — [shôrt′fôl΄] n. the act or an instance of falling short, or the amount of the shortage …
3Shortfall — The amount by which a financial obligation or liability exceeds the amount of cash that is available. A shortfall can be temporary in nature, arising out of a unique set of circumstances or it can be persistent, in which case it may indicate poor …
4shortfall — short|fall [ˈʃo:tfo:l US ˈʃo:rtfo:l] n the difference between the amount you have and the amount you need or expect shortfall in ▪ Parents have been asked to pay £30 each to cover the shortfall in the budget. shortfall of ▪ an estimated shortfall …
5shortfall — noun (C) the difference between the amount you have and the amount you need or expect: severe crop shortfalls (+ in/of): a shortfall in staffing levels | a shortfall of about 1 million …
6shortfall — noun a) An instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount. Due to a shortfall in revenue we will have to make some cuts. b) The amount by which a quota is missed; the amount missing …
7shortfall — short|fall [ ʃɔrt,fɔl ] noun count a lack of something you need or want, or the amount that you lack: a severe budget shortfall of $3.8 million shortfall in/of: New foreign investments made up for the shortfall in dollar earnings …
8shortfall — UK [ˈʃɔː(r)tˌfɔːl] / US [ˈʃɔrtˌfɔl] noun [countable] Word forms shortfall : singular shortfall plural shortfalls a lack of something that you need or want, or the amount that you lack a sudden shortfall in the supply of skilled labour …
9shortfall — noun Date: 1895 a failure to come up to expectation or need < a budget shortfall >; also the amount of such failure < a $2 million shortfall > …
10shortfall — / ʃɔ:tfɔ:l/ noun an amount which is missing which would make the total expected sum ● We had to borrow money to cover the shortfall between expenditure and revenue …
