underpay

verb

un·der·pay ˌən-dər-ˈpā

underpaid ˌən-dər-ˈpād

; underpaying

transitive verb

: to pay less than what is normal or required

underpay taxes

underpayment

ˌən-dər-ˈpā-mənt

noun

Examples of underpay in a Sentence

She underpaid for her meal. He realized that he had underpaid the cashier. The company underpays its workers. They are underpaid for the work they do.

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Court cases have accused some host families of overworking and underpaying au pairs, and while many agree the program needs updating, there’s not a consensus on how. —

Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024 In September, Biden also pled guilty to nine charges related to underpaying taxes between 2016 and 2019, including filing a false tax return and tax evasion. —

Nicole Narea, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 That can mean finding trivial reasons to deny a claim, arbitrarily underpaying for a service and drafting unfair and unclear contracts to small clinics. —

Ian Ye, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 Allegedly, the settlement vastly underpays college athletes compared to their market value, embraces sexism by paying male athletes more than female athletes and obliterates legal claims in other cases. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for underpay