shortchange
verb
short·change
ˈshȯrt-ˈchānj 
shortchanged; shortchanging; shortchanges
1
: to give less than the correct amount of change to
2
: to deprive of or give less than something due : cheat
was shortchanged out of a promotion
shortchanger
noun
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Examples of shortchange in a Sentence
The cashier shortchanged me. I gave her 10 dollars to pay for an $8.95 book, and she only gave me a dollar back.
The band shortchanged its fans by playing for only 30 minutes.
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Profits were lifted by the settlement this year of lawsuits with some former shareholders of Postbank, who took legal action against Deutsche Bank alleging that a 2010 takeover shortchanged them.
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Afp, Fortune Europe, 23 Oct. 2024
There’s long-standing concern that the dominance of the big five—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft—is stifling European competition and shortchanging consumers.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
Decades later, Jones was awarded $9.4 million after a Los Angeles jury determined he’d been shortchanged millions in royalties by Jackson’s estate.
—Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
But despite the delays, his budget request would keep overall school funding to the level required in the state constitution — meaning no return to the budget stabilization factor, an adjustment that’s been used to shortchange education to pay for other priorities.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2024
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Afp, Fortune Europe, 23 Oct. 2024
There’s long-standing concern that the dominance of the big five—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft—is stifling European competition and shortchanging consumers.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
Decades later, Jones was awarded $9.4 million after a Los Angeles jury determined he’d been shortchanged millions in royalties by Jackson’s estate.
—Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
But despite the delays, his budget request would keep overall school funding to the level required in the state constitution — meaning no return to the budget stabilization factor, an adjustment that’s been used to shortchange education to pay for other priorities.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Shortchange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortchange. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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