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وَاِذَا كَالُوْهُمْ اَوْ وَّزَنُوْهُمْ يُخْسِرُوْنَۗ  ( المطففين: ٣ )

wa-idhā
وَإِذَا
But when
kālūhum
كَالُوهُمْ
they give by measure (to) them
aw
أَو
or
wazanūhum
وَّزَنُوهُمْ
they weigh (for) them
yukh'sirūna
يُخْسِرُونَ
they give less

Wa izaa kaaloohum aw wazanoohum yukhsiroon (al-Muṭaffifīn 83:3)

Sahih International:

But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss. (Al-Mutaffifin [83] : 3)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

and when they measure or weigh something to give it to them, give less than due.