| 单词 | shortchange |
| 释义 | shortchange in American English (ʃɔrtˈtʃeɪndʒ) verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈshortˈchanged or ˈshortˈchanging Informal 1. to give less money than is due in change 2. to cheat by depriving of something due Derived forms shortchanger (ˈshortˈchanger) noun shortchange in American English (ˈʃɔrtˈtʃeindʒ) transitive verbWord forms: -changed, -changing 1. to give less than the correct change to 2. to deal with unfairly or dishonestly, esp. to cheat Derived forms shortchanger noun Word origin [1890–95, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bootstrap, cholesterol, neoclassicism, pogey, wirelessExamples of 'shortchange' in a sentence |
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