shortpay

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

   Synonyms:

   shortchange, underpay