( 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