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shortfall

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short·fall  (shôrtfôl)
n.
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.

shortfall [ˈʃɔːtˌfɔːl]
n
1. failure to meet a goal or a requirement
2. the amount of such a failure; deficiency

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.
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Noun1.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"
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.
Translations
shortfall [ˈʃɔːtfɔːl] N (in profits) → déficit m (in en) (in payments, savings) → disminución f (in de) (in numbers) → insuficiencia f (in de) shortfall in earningsingresos mpl insuficientes
there is a shortfall of £5,000faltan 5.000 libras
the shortfall of £5,000las 5.000 libras que faltan
there is a shortfall of 200 in the registrations for this coursehay 200 matriculaciones menos para este curso

shortfall [ˈʃɔːrtfɔːl] n (in supplies)insuffisance f
a shortfall in earnings → une manque à gagner
short-haired [ˌʃɔːrtˈhɛərd] adj [person] → aux cheveux courts; [animal] → à poil ras

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

shortfall قلة 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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ISLAMABAD, May 15, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- Federal water and power minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the power shortfall would reach from 1650MW to 2500MW in the next three months and increase in water reservoirs was needed to overcome the power crises.
Developing countries face a financial shortfall of 270 to 700 billion dollars this year, the World Bank found in a study published Sunday, warning that international institutions alone cannot fill the gap.
In the first 11 months of this year the country posted a cumulative current account shortfall of 7.
 
 
 
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