SHORTCHANGE

Etymology

Verb

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

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

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

To make disadvantaged by design.

Source: Wiktionary



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