What does mean "short change"?

Question

What does mean "short change"?
and Where come from this words?

Answer 1

To "short-change" a person means not to give someone what they deserve, to deprive someone of something they have a right to, or to cheat or deceive someone. The term comes from cash handling. If the cashier doesn't give a customer the change that they deserve after making a purchase, that cashier is literally "short-changing" the customer. The term has been taken from its original, literal context and applied to other situations. Here are some examples of how someone might use this term.

"The professor short-changed me! I should have received an A on that paper, but instead I got a C."

"Stop short-changing me and give me the credit that I deserve for helping you with that project."

"The cashier short-changed me. He should have given me fifty cents back, but he only gave me twenty-five cents."

Answer 2

The literal meaning is I was not given enough money back when I paid for something. I paid 75 cents for a 50 cent apple and the shop clerk gave me only 15 cents in change - not 25 cents. I was "shortchanged". It can be an accident or it can be on purpose - a way of stealing from a customer.

But this is also an "expression" or figure of speech in English that is used anytime someone has or gets less than they were supposed to get. I might say to a friend, "You were short changed when they washed your car" - meaning they did a poor job and you got less than you expected or paid for.

So it can mean actual money or it can be used in a more general way to indicate you were cheated. It is not good to be short changed.

Answer 3

Short Change Means: To deny Someone the correct change in a transaction.

Simple definition: If The Bill for services was $10.00 and you gave the clerk $20.00 and they gave you back $5.00...Then you were short changed by $5.00.

Short Changed also be be used to infer: Being Robber, Fooled by a Price. A monetary Scam.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

This term refers to getting less than you are due. If you bought something at the store for $0.29 and you only had a $1 dollar bill, you would expect to get "change". If the cashier didn't give you enough change, you would be "short changed".

Answer 5

"Short change" literally means to give less money back than one is due. "Change" is the money one is due back on a purchase.

The phrase can also be used any time one feels cheated, not only in monetary transactions.

Answer 6

To short change someone means that you don't give someone the proper amount of change when they are buying something. For instance, if you buy an item for $2.00 and give the clerk $10.00, he is supposed to return $8.00 to you. If he only gives you $6.00, you've been short changed.

Answer 7

There is no such phrase. It's "short changed", a compound adjective.

It means to receive less money and/or goods in total than you paid for.


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Answer 8

Means to be shorted on change you receive back when paying for mdse.

Answer 9

I shouldn't take offence if I were you, Tim. You see, in my country we have so many stupid children we have to commission vehicle manufacturers to make super-long articulated buses to get them all on. Thus the shorter the means of transport - the more gifted the child. Budding geniuses go to school on unicycles here. It takes all sorts. Cheer up!

Answer 10

expression , meaning didn't get everything, or not enough , like good looks, small . whatever, .........comes from not getting the correct money change