underpay

🇺🇸 /ˌʌndərˈpeɪ/ 🇬🇧 /ˌʌndəˈpeɪ/
Frequency
Difficulty
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verb
R

to give someone less money than they should receive, especially for their job

The workers complained that they were underpaid for their long hours and hard work.

translation

v. to give someone less money than they should receive, especially for their job

Word Forms

3rd Present underpays
Past underpaid
Perfect underpaid
Progressive underpaying