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short pay

short pay is the alternative form of short-pay.

Meaning of short-pay

Verb

short-pay (third-person singular simple present short-pays, present participle short-paid, simple past and past participle short-payed)

  1. 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 of short pay

third-person singular presentshort pays
present participleshort paying
past participleshort paid
pastshort paid

Questions about short pay

What is short pay the alternative form of?
Short pay is the alternative form of short-pay.

Words near short pay in the dictionary

  1. short pass
  2. short passes
  3. short passive
  4. short pastries
  5. short pastry
  6. short pay
  7. short payment
  8. short period comet
  9. short period comets
  10. short plate
  11. short pocosin

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