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How to pronounce shortfall in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms deficit, shortage
Type of deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency
Has types oxygen deficit

Examples of shortfall

shortfall
However, the organization says it faces a funding shortfall of about $2 million.
From the upi.com
In the first half up to Christmas, there was a shortfall in the numbers playing.
From the independent.co.uk
The shortfall in profits re-ignites concern that the economic outlook is gloomy.
From the nzherald.co.nz
For fiscal 2012 through fiscal 2015, the shortfall is an estimated $542 million.
From the chron.com
That shortfall could be reduced to $80,000 if the district adopts a parking fee.
From the dailyherald.com
Average nightly room rates again helped to compensate for some of the shortfall.
From the sltrib.com
No money is committed now to buying the fuel, a shortfall Bowen wants addressed.
From the thestate.com
Kenley, however, said the state can't spend its way out of the budget shortfall.
From the courier-journal.com
In response, Washington focused for a few years on getting rid of the shortfall.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Deficit: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
  • An instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount; The amount by which a quota is missed; the amount missing
  • (shortfalling) A falling short; failure to meet an expectation or standard
  • In Treaty Land Entitlement, "shortfall" is the amount of land that a First Nation should have received when their reserve was first surveyed, but did not. ...
  • Shortfall refers to a situation where actual revenues collected are less than those that had been projected.
  • A negative difference between the amount needed to cover the debt service and other fees involved in a project (usually the amount of the guaranteed savings) and the actual savings. The ESCos savings guarantee should cover this shortfall.
  • If the agreement is terminated and the factor is unable to recover advances made to a client, this is referred to as a shortfall.
  • A dollar realization on assets that is not sufficient to clear the debt completely.
  • Typically associated with the end cash position for investment properties. It refers to the difference between the rental income & tax benefit and all outgoings including loan repayments, rates, insurances, management & strata fees and repairs. ...