[{"word":"shortchanges","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To defraud someone by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I got shortchanged! …I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back."},{"definition":"(by extension) To deprive someone of something for which they paid.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The elective class was easy, but in the end I was shortchanging myself."},{"definition":"To make disadvantaged by design.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Being proud of mistreating shortchanged \"enemies\" is a likely sign of class consciousness, as well as thinking or speaking ill of them."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shortchange","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shortchanges"]}]