undercharge

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Indo-European *h₂én

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-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós

Proto-Celtic *karros

Gaulish *karrosbor.

Latin carrus

Latin -ic-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -icō

Latin carricō

Late Latin carricāre

Old French chargierder.

Middle English chargen

English charge

English undercharge

From under- + charge.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Verb

undercharge (third-person singular simple present undercharges, present participle undercharging, simple past and past participle undercharged)

1. (ambitransitive) To charge less than the correct amount.

   to undercharge for goods or services

   to undercharge a customer

2. (transitive, firearms) To put too small a charge into.

   to undercharge a gun

Antonyms

• overcharge

Translations

charge less than the correct amount

• Norwegian: ta for lite betalt
• Slovene: zaračunati premalo pf

Noun

undercharge (plural undercharges)

1. A monetary charge that is less than the correct amount.