SHORT-CHANGE


Meaning of SHORT-CHANGE in English

(~s, short-changing, ~d)

1.

If someone ~s you, they do not give you enough change after you have bought something from them.

The cashier made a mistake and ~d him.

VERB: V n

2.

If you are ~d, you are treated unfairly or dishonestly, often because you are given less of something than you deserve.

Women are in fact still being ~d in the press.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed

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