underpay

ˌʌndərˈpeɪ

underpaid

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Definition of underpay - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

insufficient payment

Rare

pay less than the required amount

Rare

He was fined for underpaying his taxes last year..

shortchange

employment

Rare

pay someone less than their work's value

Rare

The company tends to underpay its employees.

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Origin of underpay

English, under (below) + pay (compensate)

Examples of underpay in a sentence

She realized she had underpaid the bill by mistake.
Many workers are underpaid in the service industry.
Teachers often feel underpaid for their efforts.

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French:sous-payer, payer insuffisamment, ...
German:unterbezahlen, nicht angemessen entlohnen, ...
Italian:pagare meno, ...
Spanish:subpagar, pagar mal, ...
Portuguese:pagar a menos, pagar mal, ...
Chinese:少付, 克扣, ...
Japanese:少額支払う, 低賃金を支払う, ...
Arabic:دَفَعَ نَقْصًا, دَفَعَ أَقَلَّ مِنَ الْمُسْتَحَقِّ, ...
Hebrew:לְקַפֵּחַ, לְקַפֵּחַ בְּשָׂכָר, ...
Russian:недоплатить, недоплачивать, ...
Ukrainian:недоплачувати, недоплатити, ...
Hindi:कम भुगतान करना, अल्प वेतन देना, ...
Bengali:প্রয়োজনের তুলনায় কম পরিশোধ করা, কম পারিশ্রমিক দেওয়া, ...
Catalan:pagar menys del degut, pagar poc, ...
Czech:zaplatit méně, nedostatečně platit, ...
Danish:underbetale, ...
Dutch:te weinig betalen, onderbetalen, ...
Greek:πληρώνω ανεπαρκώς, πληρώνω λιγότερο, ...
Hungarian:alulfizetni, rosszul fizetni, ...
Khmer:បង់ប្រាក់មិនគ្រប់ចំនួន, បើកប្រាក់ទាបជាងតម្លៃការងារ, ...
Korean:세금을 덜 내다, 적게 급여를 주다, ...
Persian:کمتر از مقدار لازم پرداخت کردن, کم پرداخت کرد, ...
Polish:niedopłacić, niedopłacać, ...
Portuguese (BR):subpagar, pagar mal, ...
Romanian:a plăti insuficient, a subplăti, ...
Swedish:underbetala, ge för låg lön, ...
Thai:จ่ายเงินไม่พอ, จ่ายเงินน้อยกว่า, ...
Turkish:eksik ödeme yapmak, hakkını vermemek, ...
Vietnamese:trả thiếu, trả lương thấp, ...

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