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underwage

underwage noun: an unsufficient wage.

Noun

underwage (plural underwages)

  1. An unsufficient wage.
    • The underwage is theft because it means insufficient food and clothing, unhealthy dwellings, inadequate leisure and recreation.1921, Free Synagogue Pulpit, volume 6, page 41

Verb

underwage (third-person singular simple present underwages, present participle underwaging, simple past and past participle underwaged)

  1. (transitive) To pay too small a wage to (a person); to underpay.

Forms of underwage

Noun
pluralunderwages
Verb
third-person singular presentunderwages
present participleunderwaging
past participleunderwaged
pastunderwaged

Origin of underwage

From under- + wage.

Questions about underwage

What does underwage mean?
Underwage means an unsufficient wage.
What part of speech is underwage?
Underwage can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of underwage?
The plural of underwage is underwages.

Words near underwage in the dictionary

  1. undervoted
  2. undervoter
  3. undervoters
  4. undervotes
  5. undervoting
  6. underwage
  7. underwaged
  8. underwages
  9. underwaging
  10. underwarden
  11. underwardens

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