 |
| |||
| shortfall (formal. a failure to get what is expected or needed: a shortfall in milk production, profit shortfalls. We had a budget shortfall. [=our costs were higher than the available amount of money] also the amount of such a failure: a $2 million shortfall = a shortfall of $2 million [=$2 million less than is needed]. MWALD Alexander Demidov) | |||