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词汇 short-change
释义 short-change
verb[ T ]
(alsoshortchange)ukus
COMMERCE
to give someone back less money than they are owed when they are buying something from you:
The check-out girl short-changed her.
to treat someone unfairly by giving them less than they deserve:
The case alleges that the company shortchanged female employees on opportunities for promotion.

short-changed


adjective(alsoshortchanged)
20% of shoppers feel shortchanged by the cheap design of budget goods.

Examples of short-change


short-change
Genuinely successful interdisciplinary scholarship manages not to short-change any of the disciplines whose insights it seeks to harvest.
For a decade we have lived with the short-change, quick-fix approach to post-16 training.
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They want to distort competition and to short-change the taxpayer.
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It will short-change many leaseholders, and a change of title will not cover up that.
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He will appreciate that, having recognised that in principle he has a duty to help those infected, he must not now short-change them.
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There is no reason to suppose that trusts would wish to require postgraduate deans to short-change junior doctors on their training.
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Otherwise, there will be a temptation for the service provider to short-change the recipient.
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That is quite legitimate; no one is trying to fiddle, or to short-change anyone.
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To fund one programme but short-change others is not the consistent relationship that is necessary between partners.
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The billions of pounds lost through fraud short-change the taxpayer, take resources from the most needy in our society and undermine confidence in and support for our welfare system.
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We are not going to short-change them.
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That is not short-change cash.
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In terms of patient safety and all that flows from it, we simply cannot afford to short-change those who rely on this vital area of our health service.
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Will the vouchers cover the full cost, or will they continue to short-change the unemployed who have been plunged into debt, like thousands of our students today?
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I want to start by assuring him that he is not being short-changed by having me answering his debate.
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