English dictionary

shortchanging Meaning & Definition

What Does Shortchanging Mean?

As a verb, shortchanging means present participle and gerund of shortchange.

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.
(by extension) To deprive someone of something for which they paid.
The elective class was easy, but in the end I was shortchanging myself.
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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I got shortchanged! …I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back.

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

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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