short weight
Less than advertised
Short weight is the practice of selling less than the advertised or paid-for quantity—a butcher's thumb on the scale, a bag of coffee with 14 ounces instead of 16.
The term appears as noun, adjective, and verb: The inspector caught them short-weighting customers.
It's a form of fraud, whether deliberate or through faulty equipment.
- underchargeBill below proper amount
- tareUnladen container weight
- lightweightLacking mass or importance
- scantBarely adequate amount
- deficiencyLack of something needed
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