underpay

English

Etymology

Verb

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

to pay someone less than the value of their work

Bulgarian: плащам недостатъчно (plaštam nedostatǎčno)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 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) (of wages)
Dutch: onderbetalen (nl)
Finnish: maksaa liian pientä palkkaa
French: sous-payer (fr)
German: unterbezahlen (de)
Hungarian: alulfizet (hu)
Italian: sottopagare
Japanese: 十分に払わない (jūbin ni harawanai)
Polish: niedopłacać impf, niedopłacić pf
Russian: недопла́чивать (ru) impf (nedopláčivatʹ), недоплати́ть (ru) pf (nedoplatítʹ)

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