Vocabulary
Form
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
verb
vt
freq #38
Example sentences
日本（にほん）の１９９８年末（ねんまつ）の金（かね）・外貨準備高（がいかじゅんびだか）は６８９億（おく）ドルで、１年（とし）前（まえ）の７７０億（おく）ドルを下回（したまわ）った。
Japan's gold and foreign exchange reserves stood at $68.9 billion at the end of 1998, down from $77.0 billion a year earlier.