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ammanco

shortfall

noun ahm-MAHN-koh Rare

Also means

deficit

Usage Note

Ammanco refers to a financial shortfall or missing amount, especially one discovered in accounts — un ammanco di cassa (a cash shortfall). It implies money that should be present but is not, often with a suggestion of misappropriation. The plural is ammanchi.

Examples

"È stato scoperto un ammanco di diecimila euro."

Natural Translation

A shortfall of ten thousand euros was discovered.

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