unpaid
/ʌnˈpeɪd
/adjective
1(Of a debt) not yet discharged by payment: unpaid bills...
- The rules of bankruptcy allow such deals to discharge a bankrupt, no matter how large the unpaid debt.
- So the fact that the medical debts were unpaid says little, because it may reflect strategic payment of debts prior to bankruptcy.
- A close inspection of unpaid debts often reveals poor performance and unsolved issues.
Synonyms
unsettled, outstanding, unresolved, unattended to, due, overdue, owing, owed, receivable, to be paid, payable, undischarged, in arrears, in the red;
North American delinquent, past due
2(Of work or a period of leave) undertaken without payment: unpaid labour in the home...
- The court will be able to insist they undertake unpaid work, drug or alcohol treatment or supervision while the sentence is on-going.
- Community penalties involve undertaking unpaid work amounting to seven million hours ordered each year.
- He was also ordered to undertake 150 hours unpaid work and to pay the £1,000 compensation to YorkBoat.
2.1(Of a person) not receiving payment for work done: she spent most of her time fulfilling the role of unpaid housekeeper...
- Moreover, if local leaders receive a wage, they are resented by unpaid volunteers.
- When the second successor company was registered in 1997, he became a paid manager and unpaid director of that business.
- Under the new ‘regime’ Sophie and her brother Jason are just two of the club's board of unpaid directors.
Synonyms
voluntary, volunteer, honorary, unrewarded, unremunerative, unsalaried, gratuitous, free;
Law pro bono (publico)