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terms | shortchanged |

As a noun terms

is .

As a verb shortchanged is

(shortchange).

terms

English

Noun

(head)

    • Statistics

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    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.