underpay
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underpay
verb underpays · underpaying · underpaid
- To pay (someone) less than the value of their work; to pay (someone) insufficiently. The company-city subgenre always seemed to star a hero who outsmarted, overthrew, or escaped "the company." I've never seen one where the hero fought like hell to get taken in and underpaid by the company.
- To pay less than is due for (something). The underpaid letter was returned to the sender.
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verb to pay someone less than the value of their work
| 日本語 | 十分に払わない jūbin ni harawanai |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 付給……過低的錢 /付给……过低的钱 fùgěi ... guò dī de qián, 苛扣……工資 /苛扣……工资 kē kòu ... gōngzī |
| Français | sous-payer |
| Deutsch | unterbezahlen |
| Italiano | sottopagare |
| Русский | недопла́чивать nedopláčivatʹ, недоплати́ть nedoplatítʹ |
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@misc{underpay_2026,
title = {underpay},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/underpay},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
