shortchange
/ʃɔːtˈtʃeɪnd͡ʒ/US/ʃɔɹtˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/
shortchange verb: to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.
Verb
shortchange (third-person singular simple present shortchanges, present participle shortchanging, simple past and past participle shortchanged)
- 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.
- To deprive (someone or something) of something due; to treat unfairly; to cheat, deceive; to half-ass.
- The elective class was easy, but in the end I was shortchanging myself by taking it.
- This article's sparse discussion of tax-policy implications shortchanges the subject.
shortchange meaning in Urdu and Vietnamese
shortchange in Urdu
- دھوکا دینا
shortchange in Vietnamese
- to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction
- thối thiếu tiền, ăn chặn tiền thối
Forms of shortchange
| third-person singular present | shortchanges |
|---|---|
| present participle | shortchanging |
| past participle | shortchanged |
| past | shortchanged |
| alternative form | short-change |
| alternative form | short change |
Origin of shortchange
From short + change.
Words formed from shortchange
Words that rhyme with shortchange
- range
- exchange
- change
- strange
- interchange
- derange
- arrange
- grange
- estrange
- chunk of change
- cryptoexchange
- mange
2 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about shortchange
- What does shortchange mean?
- Shortchange means to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.
- What is shortchange in Urdu?
- Shortchange in Urdu is دھوکا دینا. See Shortchange meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is shortchange?
- Shortchange is a verb.
- How do you pronounce shortchange?
- Shortchange is pronounced /ʃɔɹtˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ (US).
- What is the past tense of shortchange?
- The past tense of shortchange is shortchanged.
Words near shortchange in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shortchange (page history and authors); shortchange (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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