shortfall
noun C1- An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target. · Due to a shortfall in revenue, we will have to make some cuts.
- The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.
Plural shortfalls
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Yet the shortfall may well come out of her own pocket, and in any case the decision you make in the next three seconds is not really about ten dollars.
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