underpay
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Etymology edit
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underpay (third-person singular simple present underpays, present participle underpaying, simple past and past participle underpaid)
- (transitive) To pay (someone) less than the value of their work; to pay (someone) insufficiently.
- Hypernyms: misremunerate, mispay
- Coordinate term: overpay
- (transitive) To pay less than is due for (something).
- The underpaid letter was returned to the sender.
Translations edit
to pay someone less than the value of their work
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