underpay en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English pay English underpay From under- + pay.
Meanings
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(transitive) To pay (someone) less than the value of their work; to pay (someone) insufficiently.
In their Position Paper, respondents averred that they were underpaid their daily wage, overtime work pay and 13th month pay.
2020 July 28, Supreme Court of the Philippines, MARBY FOOD VENTURES CORPORATION, MARIO VALDERRAMA, AND EMELITA VALDERRAMA, PETITIONERS, VS. ROLAND DELA CRUZ, GABRIEL DELA CRUZ, JOSE PAULO ANZURES, EFREN TADEO, BONGBONG SANTOS, MARLON DE RAFAEL, CRIS C. SANTIAGO, ELMER MARANO, ARMANDO RIVERA, AND LOUIE BALMES, RESPONDENTS., FIRST DIVISION [ G.R. No. 244629, July 28, 2020 ]: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.
1993, Octavia Butler, chapter 11, in The Parable of the Sower:
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(transitive) To pay less than is due for (something).
The underpaid letter was returned to the sender.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| underpaid | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| underpaid | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| underpaying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| underpays | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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Translations (14)
ru недопла́чивать (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · hu alulfizet (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · pl niedopłacić (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · nl onderbetalen (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · fi maksaa liian pientä palkkaa (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · bg плащам недостатъчно (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · de unterbezahlen (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · pl niedopłacać (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · cmn 苛扣……工資 /苛扣……工资 (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · it sottopagare (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · cmn 付給……過低的錢 /付给……过低的钱 (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · ja 十分に払わない (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · ru недоплати́ть (to pay someone less than the value of their work) · fr sous-payer (to pay someone less than the value of their work)