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[ uhn-der-pey ] / ˌʌn dərˈpeɪ /
verb (used with object), un·der·paid, un·der·pay·ing.to pay less than is deserved or usual. Origin of underpayFirst recorded in 1840–50; under- + pay1 OTHER WORDS FROM underpayun·der·pay·ment [uhn-der-pey-muhnt, uhn-der-pey-], /ˌʌn dərˈpeɪ mənt, ˈʌn dərˌpeɪ-/, nounWords nearby underpayunderpainting, underpants, under par, underpart, underpass, underpay, underperform, underpin, underpinning, underpinnings, underpitch vault Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for underpayIf you underpay the government, on the other hand, they charge you not only interest, but also penalties. Happy Tax Day. Now Stop Making Interest-Free Loans to the U.S. Government.|Megan McArdle|April 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST Steve Jobs and now Tim Cook did not conspire to undermine American labor and underpay Chinese workers. Latest Record Results Show Apple a Bigger Global Power Than Most Nations|Zachary Karabell|April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST Full of fine words and charitable speeches in favor of the poor; but apt to oppress, overwork, and underpay them. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales|Hannah More They may be forced by the competitive system, as many contend, to underpay their workmen. Consumers and Wage-Earners|J. Elliot Ross
The latter may underpay his servants, keep them at work all day, or take every advantage of them in every possible way. Here and There in London|J. Ewing Ritchie It's bad business to overwork and underpay your hands into a state of chronic insurrection. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man|Marie Conway Oemler We snub them and underpay them, we refuse them the rank due to them, and lead them a generally happy life! Punch Among the Planets|Various
British Dictionary definitions for underpay
verb -pays, -paying or -paidto pay (someone) insufficiently Derived forms of underpayunderpayment, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |