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underpays

underpays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underpay.

Meaning of underpay

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To pay (someone) less than the value of their work; to pay (someone) insufficiently.
    • The company-city subgenre always seemed to star a hero who outsmarted, overthrew, or escaped "the company." I've never seen one where the hero fought like hell to get taken in and underpaid by the company.1993, Octavia Butler, chapter 11, in The Parable of the Sower
  2. (transitive) To pay less than is due for (something).
    • The underpaid letter was returned to the sender.

Questions about underpays

What is underpays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Underpays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underpay.

Words near underpays in the dictionary

  1. underpayer
  2. underpayers
  3. underpaying
  4. underpayment
  5. underpayments
  6. underpays
  7. underpeep
  8. underpeeped
  9. underpeeping
  10. underpeeps
  11. underpeer

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