short-change

short-change somebody

(informal)

to cheat someone by giving them less than they expected (usually passive) No one told me the film was only an hour long - I was short-changed!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Halle (2)	HAL-ee	English (Modern)
Cate	KAYT	English (Rare)
Merete	-	Danish
Calvert	['kælvət]
Lutgardis	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Shir (2)	-	Persian (Rare)