shortfalln.

Forms: Also short fall, short-fall.

Etymology: < the phrase to fall short: see to fall short at short adv. 7c.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshort-fall.

A falling short; the amount by which a supply falls short, shortage, deficiency. Also, a decline; a shortcoming, a fault; a deficit, a gap; a loss. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage > shortfall

shortcoming1801

shortfall1895

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > want or shortcoming

wanec888

waningc1320

brist1340

insufficience1486

insufficiency1531

want1553

deficiency1664

shortcominga1687

shortfall1895

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > [noun]

reprisea1393

underbalance1641

capital loss1727

write-off1858

shortfall1953

1895 Standard (Johannesburg) 23 Nov. 5/2 The best that could be expected this year from the harvest was an eight months' crop, and the shortfall would be some million-and-a-half bags of grain.

1906 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 793 From the very beginning the shortfall in the labour-supply had been the principal factor in the slow development of these colonies.

1928 London Mercury May 4 We notice in Mr. Churchill's Budget Speech the repeated use of the word ‘shortfall’. The word is used to indicate the difference between the amount estimated and the amount received, when the difference is on the wrong side.

1941 W. S. Churchill Second World War (1950) III. 748 We cannot afford losses on that scale in view of the short fall of the American bomber programme.

1953 Economist 3 Jan. 35/1 The Exchequer return as a whole..showed a deficit of £951 million, in contrast with one of £602 million in the first nine months of 1951/52. These comparisons, moreover, understate the extent of the shortfall.

1960 Times Rev. Industry Mar. 99/3 The report estimates that the changes in American shares of these markets alone cost just over $500m. in 1958. This total is called a shortfall, for want of a better name, but is the equivalent value in 1958 of the net change in the United States share of these six markets for a list of 45 classes of manufactured goods.

1960 Catholic Herald 1 Apr. 3/3 He has..no illusions about her [sc. France's] immediate shortfall from that high level of being.

1960 Washington Post 16 Nov. a16 West Germany is now running a foreign payment surplus about half the size of the country's deficit, which in view of the disparity in gross product suggests a considerable shortfall by the Federal republic in the assumption of common obligations.

1966 Economist 28 May 970/3 Lord Moran's apology for his [sc. Churchill's] shortfalls in world and domestic decisions is based too often on a too simple fallacy.

1969 Times 14 Feb. 25/4 The shortfall between exports and imports in January was $216m.

1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird ii. 23 A scene of continuous short-fall pandemonium.

1976 Ann. Rep. Manpower Services Comm. 1975–6 iii. 25/2 To make good the shortfall in employers' recruitment into long-term training occupations ITBs made available ‘training awards’ where the level of recruitment overall into long-term training was likely to fall below the particular industry's long-term needs.

1981 Times 4 Aug. 16/5 Half year figures from Standard Telephone & Cables revealed a profits shortfall.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	shortfall
释义	shortfalln. Forms: Also short fall, short-fall. Etymology: < the phrase to fall short: see to fall short at short adv. 7c.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshort-fall. A falling short; the amount by which a supply falls short, shortage, deficiency. Also, a decline; a shortcoming, a fault; a deficit, a gap; a loss. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage > shortfall shortcoming1801 shortfall1895 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > want or shortcoming wanec888 waningc1320 brist1340 insufficience1486 insufficiency1531 want1553 deficiency1664 shortcominga1687 shortfall1895 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > [noun] reprisea1393 underbalance1641 capital loss1727 write-off1858 shortfall1953 1895 Standard (Johannesburg) 23 Nov. 5/2 The best that could be expected this year from the harvest was an eight months' crop, and the shortfall would be some million-and-a-half bags of grain. 1906 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 793 From the very beginning the shortfall in the labour-supply had been the principal factor in the slow development of these colonies. 1928 London Mercury May 4 We notice in Mr. Churchill's Budget Speech the repeated use of the word ‘shortfall’. The word is used to indicate the difference between the amount estimated and the amount received, when the difference is on the wrong side. 1941 W. S. Churchill Second World War (1950) III. 748 We cannot afford losses on that scale in view of the short fall of the American bomber programme. 1953 Economist 3 Jan. 35/1 The Exchequer return as a whole..showed a deficit of £951 million, in contrast with one of £602 million in the first nine months of 1951/52. These comparisons, moreover, understate the extent of the shortfall. 1960 Times Rev. Industry Mar. 99/3 The report estimates that the changes in American shares of these markets alone cost just over $500m. in 1958. This total is called a shortfall, for want of a better name, but is the equivalent value in 1958 of the net change in the United States share of these six markets for a list of 45 classes of manufactured goods. 1960 Catholic Herald 1 Apr. 3/3 He has..no illusions about her [sc. France's] immediate shortfall from that high level of being. 1960 Washington Post 16 Nov. a16 West Germany is now running a foreign payment surplus about half the size of the country's deficit, which in view of the disparity in gross product suggests a considerable shortfall by the Federal republic in the assumption of common obligations. 1966 Economist 28 May 970/3 Lord Moran's apology for his [sc. Churchill's] shortfalls in world and domestic decisions is based too often on a too simple fallacy. 1969 Times 14 Feb. 25/4 The shortfall between exports and imports in January was $216m. 1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird ii. 23 A scene of continuous short-fall pandemonium. 1976 Ann. Rep. Manpower Services Comm. 1975–6 iii. 25/2 To make good the shortfall in employers' recruitment into long-term training occupations ITBs made available ‘training awards’ where the level of recruitment overall into long-term training was likely to fall below the particular industry's long-term needs. 1981 Times 4 Aug. 16/5 Half year figures from Standard Telephone & Cables revealed a profits shortfall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1895
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