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An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Due to a shortfall in revenue, we will have to make some cuts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deficit, shortage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency
Narrower terms: oxygen deficit
Deverbal from fall short. By surface analysis, short + fall.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
дефици́т
(deficít)
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Chinese Mandarin:
未達標 /未达标
(wèi dábiāo)
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Chinese Mandarin:
短缺
(duǎnquē)
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Finnish:
vajaus
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Finnish:
puuttuminen
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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French:
insuffisance
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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French:
manquement
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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French:
défaut de paiement
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Hungarian:
kiesés
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Māori:
kōpakatanga
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Māori:
pūhoretanga
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Persian:
کمبود
(kambud)
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Polish:
zadyszka
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Polish:
krótka kołdra
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Portuguese:
insuficiência
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Russian:
дефици́т
(deficít)
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Spanish:
déficit
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Spanish:
insuficiencia
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Spanish:
deficiencia
— instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount
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Chinese Mandarin:
缺口
(quēkǒu)
— amount missed
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Chinese Mandarin:
差額 /差额
(chā'é)
— amount missed
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Finnish:
vaje
— amount missed
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Finnish:
vajaus
— amount missed
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Finnish:
alijäämä
— amount missed
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Hungarian:
kiesés
— amount missed
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Polish:
brak
— amount missed
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Polish:
niedobór
— amount missed
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Polish:
niedostatek
— amount missed
