financial shortfall

collocation in English

meaningsoffinancialandshortfall

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financial
adjective
uk
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/us
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
relating to money or how money ...
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shortfall
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʃɔːt.fɔːl/us
/ˈʃɔːrt.fɑːl/
an amount that is less than the level that was expected ...
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(Definition offinancialandshortfallfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Clearly cost savings on one project can help to make up afinancialshortfallin others.
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If raising the levy does not deal with thefinancialshortfall, what would happen?
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This seriousfinancialshortfallcomes after many years of determined efforts to achieve economies.
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The assets of social welfare organisations across the country should not necessarily be plundered to make up afinancialshortfall.
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The first is thefinancialshortfallthat we face.
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Strathclyde regional council has afinancialshortfallof £100 million.
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How will thefinancialshortfallbe met?
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A record number of participants attended, and there was nofinancialshortfall.
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The total cost of the project was 100,000 (2011:) and despite having suffered afinancialshortfallduring construction, the camp opened on schedule in 1936.
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Second, the church faced a constant clergy andfinancialshortfall.
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In the event that a claim was successful, the committee and even the members themselves would have had to fund anyfinancialshortfall.
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Thefinancialshortfallgrew larger when the sanctuary commission decided to enlarge the crypt.
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To make up thefinancialshortfallthe station became aggressive in pushing for contributions from its listeners.
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The intended 1995 festival was cancelled due to a significantfinancialshortfallresulting from the 1994 festival.
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Predictions of financial shortfalls or ' unsustainability ' have prompted calls for severe 'downsizing ' of the scheme.
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Even with the most generous financial provision and the most successful national lottery, there will still be financial shortfalls.
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Facing severe financial shortfalls, the college closed in 1857.
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This proved impractical, however, the idea was abandoned after her first few voyages, and financial shortfalls began to plague her operating schedule.
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By 1880, this had led some owners into financial shortfalls as they tried to balance maintenance of their estates with the income they provided.
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A series of injuries only helped to exacerbate his financial shortfalls as long periods out meant even less money.
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