short-change

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short-change (short-changing,short-changed,short-changes)

• 1. V-T If someone short-changes you, they do not give you enough change after you have bought something from them. 少找零钱给…

  The cashier made a mistake and short-changed him. 那位收银员搞错了，少找给了他钱。

• 2. V-T If you are short-changed, you are treated unfairly or dishonestly, often because you are given less of something than you deserve. 亏待[usu passive]

  Women are in fact still being short-changed in the press. 事实上妇女在新闻界仍然受到不公平地对待。

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