I got shortchanged! I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back.
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Shortchange
//ʃɔɹtˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "shortchange" (53 found)
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18 translations across 8 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- bedriegen verb (to deprive (someone) of something due; to treat unfairly)
Finnish
3 entries- antaa väärin takaisin verb (to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction)
- huijata verb (to deprive (someone) of something due; to treat unfairly)
- pettää verb (to deprive (someone) of something due; to treat unfairly)
German
2 entries- betrügen verb (to deprive (someone) of something due; to treat unfairly)
- zu wenig Wechselgeld geben verb (to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction)
Khmer
1 entries- អាប់លុយខ្វះ verb (to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction)
Polish
4 entries- źle potraktować verb (to deprive (someone) of something due; to treat unfairly)
- źle traktować verb (to deprive (someone) of something due; to treat unfairly)
- źle wydawać resztę verb (to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction)
- źle wydać resztę verb (to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction)
Russian
4 entries- обма́нывать verb (to deprive (someone) of something due; to treat unfairly)
- обману́ть verb (to deprive (someone) of something due; to treat unfairly)
- обсчи́тывать verb (to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction)
- обсчита́ть verb (to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction)
Spanish
1 entries- sisar verb (to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction)
Vietnamese
2 entries- thối thiếu tiền verb (to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction)
- ăn chặn tiền thối verb (to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction)
Sample sentences
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The elective class was easy, but in the end I was shortchanging myself by taking it.
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This article's sparse discussion of tax policy implications shortchanges the subject.
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Specific evidence that the United States is being short-changed in the cultural exchange program with the Soviet Union has been offered by Representative Michael Feighan of Ohio, chairman of the House subcommittee and the joint Senate House Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy.
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