SHORTFALL


Meaning of SHORTFALL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈshȯrt-ˌfȯl ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.