underpay

English

Etymology

under- +‎ pay

Verb

underpay (third-person singular simple present underpays, present participle underpaying, simple past and past participle underpaid)

1. To pay someone less than the value of their work.

Antonyms

• overpay

Translations

to pay someone less than the value of their work

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 付給……過低的錢／付给……过低的钱, 付给……过低的钱 (fùgěi ... guò dī de qián), 苛扣……工資／苛扣……工资, 苛扣……工资 (kē kòu ... gōngzī) (of wages)

• Finnish: maksaa liian pientä palkkaa
• French: sous-payer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: unterbezahlen (de)
• Japanese: 十分に払わない (jūbin ni harawanai)
• Russian: недопла́чивать (ru) impf (nedopláčivatʹ), недоплати́ть (ru) pf (nedoplatítʹ)

Anagrams

• unprayed