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S vs Shortchanged - What's the difference?

s | shortchanged |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb shortchanged is

(shortchange).

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    shortchanged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shortchange)

    • shortchange

    English

    Alternative forms

    * short change * short-change

    Verb

  • To defraud someone by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.
    • I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back. I got shortchanged !
  • (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.