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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shortchange.

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Examples

  • The application of the label shortchanges Bundick to a certain degree.

    Comments for BrightestYoungThings Phelps 2010

  • The stimulus package "shortchanges" Iowa by $185 million, he said.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The stimulus package "shortchanges" Iowa by $185 million, he said.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Pat Quinn endorsed most of his state's $33 billion budget, despite his objections that the plan shortchanges education and health care.

    Minnesota Heads Toward a Shutdown Amy Merrick 2011

  • Evasion of employment taxes shortchanges the social-security funds, which in turn make skimpy reimbursements to hospitals.

    Health System Reflects Greece's Ills Charles Forelle 2011

  • There are clear limits to China's ability to sustain its export-driven growth model -- a model that increasingly shortchanges Chinese domestic consumption, while artificially constraining the value of China's currency, the renminbi.

    Charles Kolb: American Jobs and Chinese Freedom Charles Kolb 2011

  • There are clear limits to China's ability to sustain its export-driven growth model -- a model that increasingly shortchanges Chinese domestic consumption, while artificially constraining the value of China's currency, the renminbi.

    Charles Kolb: American Jobs and Chinese Freedom Charles Kolb 2011

  • Complicating Mr. Perry's relationship with the Latino community, however, has been his backing of a congressional redistricting plan in Texas that some Hispanics say shortchanges their soaring numbers and is facing legal challenges.

    Immigration Policies Test Texas Governor Ana Campoy 2011

  • There are clear limits to China's ability to sustain its export-driven growth model -- a model that increasingly shortchanges Chinese domestic consumption, while artificially constraining the value of China's currency, the renminbi.

    Charles Kolb: American Jobs and Chinese Freedom Charles Kolb 2011

  • There are clear limits to China's ability to sustain its export-driven growth model -- a model that increasingly shortchanges Chinese domestic consumption, while artificially constraining the value of China's currency, the renminbi.

    Charles Kolb: American Jobs and Chinese Freedom Charles Kolb 2011

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