If I owe you $500, and I give you $450, does that mean I paid back the loan? The consequence of not living up to an expectation depends on what's riding on tha

If I owe you $500, and I give you $450, does that mean I paid back the loan? The consequence of not living up to an expectation depends on what's riding on that expectation. For a company trying to live up to a valuation higher than companies producing orders of magnitude more vehicles, I think it matters.