SHORTFALL

deficit, shortage, shortfall

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shortfall (plural shortfalls)

An instance of not meeting a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation, or of having an insufficient amount to cover such obligations.

The amount by which a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation is missed; the difference between the actual quota or debt and the lesser amount available to pay such obligations.

Anagrams

• fall short

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