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short-change

 verb
     
short-change [transitive]
1 to treat someone unfairly by not giving them what they deserve or hoped for:
When the band only played for 15 minutes the fans felt they had been short-changed.
2 to give back too little money to a customer who has bought something and paid more than the exact amount for it
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