shortfall
nounEtymology Deverbal from fall short. By surface analysis, short + fall.
1
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.
2
The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.
- Derived terms
- closure shortfall, force shortfall, implementation shortfall, shortfall constraint, shortfall risk