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shortfall
/ˈʃɔɹtˌfɔl/
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What does shortfall mean?
noun
- An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
- The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈʃɔɹtˌfɔl/
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To meet the foreign payments shortfall, Rabat has been drawing down foreign exchange reserves.
Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, with the shortfall made up by grants from New Zealand--the grants are used to pay wages to public employees.
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In the event of a loss incurred by the ECB, the shortfall may be offset against the general reserve fund of the ECB and, if necessary, following a decision by the Governing Council, against the monetary income of the relevant financial year in proportion and up to the amounts allocated to the national central banks in accordance with Article 32.5.