English

Alternative forms

• short change
• short-change

Verb

shortchange ‎(third-person singular simple present shortchanges, present participle shortchanging, simple past and past participle shortchanged)

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

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

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

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

3. To make disadvantaged by design.

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