Definition of "shortchange"

shortchange

/ʃɔɹtˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

verb
third-person singular simple present shortchanges, present participle shortchanging, simple past and past participle shortchanged
1. (transitive) To defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.
2. (transitive, by extension) To deprive (someone) of something due; to treat unfairly; to cheat, deceive.
  Quotations
  Specific evidence that the United States is being short-changed in the cultural exchange program with the Soviet Union has been offered by Representative Michael Feighan of Ohio, chairman of the House subcommittee and the joint Senate House Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy.
  1964 June 16, “Short End of Exchange”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 14
3. To make disadvantaged by design. (Discuss(+) this sense)