short-pay en · VERB
Etymology
From short + pay, parallel to compounds such as shortchange. Attested in financial and employment contexts since at least the early 20th century.
Meanings
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To pay (someone) less than the amount that is owed; to underpay through error, omission, or miscalculation.
A short payment occurs when a customer underpays their invoice... At times, a customer may short pay an invoice as part of a cash flow management strategy, choosing to pay less than the full amount to minimize their outflow of money.
2023 December 15, Shaun Jex, “How to Handle Short Payments”, in Quadient:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| short-payed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| short-payed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| short-pays | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| short-paid | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| short pay | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shortpay | alternative | lexicographic |