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Rareshortchanges
The correct spelling is shortchanges.
How to pronounce shortchanges
verb
Say it like: Sho-rch-anj-es
The correct spelling is shortchanges. To defraud someone by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction. For example: "I got shortchanged! …I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back."
Usage Examples
“I got shortchanged! …I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back.”
“The elective class was easy, but in the end I was shortchanging myself.”
“Being proud of mistreating shortchanged "enemies" is a likely sign of class consciousness, as well as thinking or speaking ill of them.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To defraud someone by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.
- 2.(by extension) To deprive someone of something for which they paid.
- 3.To make disadvantaged by design.
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