If you are short-changed, you are treated unfairly or dishonestly, often because you are given less of something than you deserve.

What does short changed you mean?

English Language Learners Definition of shortchange

: to give (someone) less than the correct amount of change. : to give (someone) less than what is expected or deserved.

What does shares short change mean?

The sale of a security or derivative, or the state of having sold one or the other. ... For example, one who has borrowed securities and has then sold them is said to be have a short position with respect to that security, because he/she must eventually return an equivalent amount of the borrowed securities.