shortfall (redirected from shortfalls)

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.

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shortfall [ˈʃɔːtˌfɔːl]

n

1. failure to meet a goal or a requirement

2. the amount of such a failure; deficiency

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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.

Thesaurus

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

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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 earnings → ingresos mpl insuficientes
there is a shortfall of £5,000 → faltan 5.000 libras
the shortfall of £5,000 → 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

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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 → mancano 20.000 sterline

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

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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