"shortchange" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ʃɔɹtˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ [General-American], /ʃɔːtˈtʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: shortchanges [present, singular, third-person], shortchanging [participle, present], shortchanged [participle, past], shortchanged [past]
Rhymes: -eɪndʒ Etymology: From short + change. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|short|change}} short + change Head templates: {{en-verb}} shortchange (third-person singular simple present shortchanges, present participle shortchanging, simple past and past participle shortchanged)
  1. (transitive) To defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction. Tags: transitive Translations (to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction): antaa väärin takaisin (Finnish), អាប់លុយខ្វះ (ʼapluy-khvah) (Khmer), обсчи́тывать (obsčítyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обсчита́ть (obsčitátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), sisar (Spanish), thối thiếu tiền (Vietnamese), ăn chặn tiền thối (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-shortchange-en-verb-t97I3x0d Disambiguation of 'to defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction': 98 2
  2. (transitive, by extension) To deprive (someone) of something due; to treat unfairly; to cheat, deceive. Tags: broadly, transitive Categories (topical): Money Translations (to deprive (someone) of something due; to treat unfairly): bedriegen (Dutch), huijata (Finnish), pettää (Finnish), обма́нывать (obmányvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обману́ть (obmanútʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-shortchange-en-verb-jEJB2vL3 Disambiguation of Money: 18 82 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'to deprive (someone) of something due; to treat unfairly': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: short-change, short change

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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