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shortchange

/ʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒ/ · verb

Meaning

  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.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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