Associations to the word «Shortfall»
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Wiktionary
SHORTFALL, noun. An instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount.
SHORTFALL, noun. The amount by which a quota is missed; the amount missing.
Dictionary definition
SHORTFALL, noun. 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".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.