Also means
variance
Usage Note
Scostamento is masculine: lo scostamento, gli scostamenti. It derives from scostare ('to move away') and is used chiefly in accounting, statistics, and project management to mean a variance from a target or budget (scostamento dal budget). In everyday speech the simpler differenza is preferred.
Examples
"Lo scostamento dal budget è del dieci percento."
Natural Translation
The deviation from the budget is ten percent.
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