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Meaning of short-change

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

short-change

verb

Definitions

  1. To defraud someone by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.

    Example: I got shortchanged! …I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back.

  2. (by extension) To deprive someone of something for which they paid.

    Example: The elective class was easy, but in the end I was shortchanging myself.

  3. To make disadvantaged by design.

    Example: Being proud of mistreating shortchanged "enemies" is a likely sign of class consciousness, as well as thinking or speaking ill of them.