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amount by which a financial objective has not been met.
For example, a municipality expecting $100 million in tax revenue will say there is a $10 million shortfall if it collects only $90 million.
For individual investors, a shortfall is the amount by which investment objectives have not been reached. For instance, investors execting to earn 15% a year will have a 5% shortfall if they earn 10% a year.

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noun

The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, underage¹. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

The amount by which the capital required to fulfill a financial obligation exceeds available capital.

Investopedia Says:
Shortfall risk is often combated with an efficient hedging strategy created by a fund, group, institution, or individual. This strategy aims to protect investments from price movements. Hedging helps to ensure that the finances required for a future financial obligation are available.

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(DOD) The lack of forces, equipment, personnel, materiel, or capability, reflected as the difference between the resources identified as a plan requirement and those apportioned to a combatant commander for planning, that would adversely affect the command's ability to accomplish its mission.

For a list of words related to shortfall, see:

• Economics and Economic Theory - shortfall: shortage or deficiency

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - underskud, minus, underbalance, nedgang

Nederlands (Dutch)
tekort

Français (French)
n. - manque, déficit

Deutsch (German)
n. - Defizit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έλλειμμα

Italiano (Italian)
diminuzione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - falta (f), insuficiência (f)

Русский (Russian)
нехватка, невыполнение плана выпуска продукции

Español (Spanish)
n. - déficit

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brist, underskott, balans, underproduktion, nedgång

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不足, 不足量

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 不足, 不足量

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 부족액, 적자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不足すること, 不足分, 不足額, 不足

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) النقص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גירעון‬

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