shortfall

ENOUGH#the difference between the amount you have and the amount you need or expect 不足之數，差額 → deficit

shortfall in

Parents have been asked to pay £30 each to cover the shortfall in the budget.

家長被要求每人支付30英鎊以彌補預算的不足。

shortfall of

an estimated shortfall of about £1 million

估計有大約100萬英鎊的缺口

Examples from the Corpus

shortfall• The center had projected a $38,000 shortfall for its $6.47 million budget.• He, himself, did not identity a shortfall in March 1992, the context for determining that appeal then.• It follows the discovery of a shortfall in the Anfield books which was spotted by the club accountant.• However, there is still a shortfall of £500,000 which has to be found before negotiations can be concluded.• Government aides predicted a $4 billion budget shortfall for this year.• Its shortfall is in dealing with individuals, patients and physicians say.• We've had to trim our budget to compensate for a $1.5 million shortfall in revenue.• This compares with a $ 1. 5 million shortfall last year.• He noted that the city is facing a possible $ 50 million shortfall.• The districts affected by the drought will face a predicted shortfall of 7.5 million gallons a day.• a 3% production shortfall• A DoH spokeswoman is confident that last year's 50 percent increase will help accommodate this year's shortfall.• Cirrus had warned analysts to expect a significant shortfall.

From Longman Business Dictionary

shortfallshort·fall /ˈʃɔːtfɔːlˈʃɔːrtfɒːl/ noun [countableC]

a difference between the amount that you have and the larger amount you need or expect

a $300 million budget shortfall

shortfall in/of

A shortfall in oil supplies worldwide precipitated the price rise.

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