Shortchange

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To give (someone) less change than is due in a transaction.
  • v. Informal To treat unfairly or deceitfully; cheat: "a deceitful cook who skimps on ingredients and shortchanges guests” ( Jacques Pepin).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To defraud someone by giving them less change than they ought to be given after a transaction.
  • v. To deprive someone of something for which they paid.
  • v. To make disadvantaged by design.
  • Word Usage
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ange    Grange    arrange    change    derange