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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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.
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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
Lauper’s setlist doesn’t shortchange on the hits, but half of the fun of the show is her off-the-cuff banter, delivered in that indelible, no B.S. Brooklyn fashion.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024
Simple choices from yesterday (staying up too late, shortchanging yourself on sleep, worrying about a tough work situation) are all major energy-draining activities that can easily spill into the next day.
—Elizabeth Freedman, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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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
Lauper’s setlist doesn’t shortchange on the hits, but half of the fun of the show is her off-the-cuff banter, delivered in that indelible, no B.S. Brooklyn fashion.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024
Simple choices from yesterday (staying up too late, shortchanging yourself on sleep, worrying about a tough work situation) are all major energy-draining activities that can easily spill into the next day.
—Elizabeth Freedman, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Shortchange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortchange. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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