SHORT-CHANGE


Meaning of SHORT-CHANGE in English

( short-changes, short-changing, short-changed)

1.

If someone short-changes you, they do not give you enough change after you have bought something from them.

The cashier made a mistake and short-changed him.

VERB : V n

2.

If you are short-changed , you are treated unfairly or dishonestly, often because you are given less of something than you deserve.

Women are in fact still being short-changed in the press.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

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