Definitions
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- verb Alternative form of
shortchange .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cheat someone by not returning him enough money
- verb deprive of by deceit
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Examples
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On a urgent -- potentially lifesaving -- global matter, the United States, recently broke it's commitment to fulfill its fair-share contribution to the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria, choosing instead to short-change it by $2 billion -- leaving millions of people around the world to die from AIDS, and millions of children unnecessarily orphaned.
Dr. Paul Zeitz: Let Freedom Ring -- Now! Now!! Dr. Paul Zeitz 2011
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Corporate executives argue that the crisis was caused by good-faith moves that went sour rather than by the desire to short-change investors.
Challenges in Chasing Fraud Jean Eaglesham 2011
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To be religiously illiterate is to short-change one's self and society.
John L. Esposito: Obama's Trip to India: Sikhs Are Not Muslims John L. Esposito 2010
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On a urgent -- potentially lifesaving -- global matter, the United States, recently broke it's commitment to fulfill its fair-share contribution to the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria, choosing instead to short-change it by $2 billion -- leaving millions of people around the world to die from AIDS, and millions of children unnecessarily orphaned.
Dr. Paul Zeitz: Let Freedom Ring -- Now! Now!! Dr. Paul Zeitz 2011
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Hunt warns not to short-change your tax-reducing retirement accounts at work, such as a 401k, in order to afford a cash value life insurance policy.
Amy Danise: 8 big life insurance mistakes to avoid Amy Danise 2011
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To be religiously illiterate is to short-change one's self and society.
John L. Esposito: Obama's Trip to India: Sikhs Are Not Muslims John L. Esposito 2010
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To be religiously illiterate is to short-change one's self and society.
John L. Esposito: Obama's Trip to India: Sikhs Are Not Muslims John L. Esposito 2010
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To be religiously illiterate is to short-change one's self and society.
John L. Esposito: Obama's Trip to India: Sikhs Are Not Muslims John L. Esposito 2010
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To be religiously illiterate is to short-change one's self and society.
John L. Esposito: Obama's Trip to India: Sikhs Are Not Muslims John L. Esposito 2010
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Hunt warns not to short-change your tax-reducing retirement accounts at work, such as a 401k, in order to afford a cash value life insurance policy.
Amy Danise: 8 big life insurance mistakes to avoid Amy Danise 2011
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