Definition of Short-change

1. Verb. Cheat someone by not returning him enough money.

Exact synonyms: Short
Generic synonyms: Bunco, Con, Defraud, Diddle, Gip, Goldbrick, Gyp, Hornswoggle, Mulct, Nobble, Rook, Scam, Swindle, Victimize

2. Verb. Deprive of by deceit. "They short-change him of all his money"; "The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Exact synonyms: Bunco, Con, Defraud, Diddle, Gip, Goldbrick, Gyp, Hornswoggle, Mulct, Nobble, Rook, Scam, Swindle, Victimize
Specialized synonyms: Short
Generic synonyms: Cheat, Chisel, Rip Off
Derivative terms: Bunco, Con, Defrauder, Gyp, Scam, Scammer, Swindle, Swindler, Victimization

Definition of Short-change

1. Verb. (alternative form of shortchange) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Short-change

shoring up
shorings
shorl
shorlaceous
shorling
shorls
shorn
short(p)
short-acting
short-billed marsh wren
short-breathed
short-chain
short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
short-chain beta-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrase
short-change (current term)
short-changed
short-changes
short-changing
short-circuit
short-circuit operator
short-circuit operators
short-circuited
short-circuiting
short-circuits
short-corner
short-cut
short-cuts
short-dated
short-day plant

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