shortfall

Meaning of shortfall

noun
  1. 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.
    Due to a shortfall in revenue, we will have to make some cuts.
  2. 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.

Information about shortfall

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of shortfall is: shortfalls.
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Hyphenation of shortfall

short-fall

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • shortfall is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

shortfall synonyms

Meaning deficit:

deficit, shortage

Words that rhyme with shortfall

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