underpay

un·der·pay

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [uhn-der-pey]
- /ˌʌn dərˈpeɪ/
- /ˌʌn.dəˈpeɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uhn-der-pey]
- /ˌʌn dərˈpeɪ/

Definitions of underpay word

verb with object underpay to pay less than is deserved or usual. 1
transitive verb underpay give too low a wage to 1
verb underpay to pay (someone) insufficiently 0
verb transitive underpay to pay too little, or less than (the due amount) 0
verb transitive underpay to pay too little to (someone) 0

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Origin of underpay

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50; under- + pay1

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Parts of speech for Underpay

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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underpay popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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