Shortchange

/ʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒ/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:20 ptsWWF:21 pts11 letters

Definition of Shortchange

verb

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

    "I got shortchanged! …I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back."

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

    "The elective class was easy, but in the end I was shortchanging myself."

  3. To make disadvantaged by design.

    "Being proud of mistreating shortchanged "enemies" is a likely sign of class consciousness, as well as thinking or speaking ill of them."

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