underpay

verb

un·der·pay ˌən-dər-ˈpā

underpaid ˌən-dər-ˈpād

; underpaying

transitive verb

: to pay less than what is normal or required

underpay taxes

underpayment

ˌən-dər-ˈpā-mənt

noun

Examples of underpay in a Sentence

She underpaid for her meal. He realized that he had underpaid the cashier. The company underpays its workers. They are underpaid for the work they do.

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Allegedly, the settlement vastly underpays college athletes compared to their market value, embraces sexism by paying male athletes more than female athletes and obliterates legal claims in other cases. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2024 The bear was always also, of course, the restaurant business: a feral industry nominally dedicated to leisure and delight that talks a big game about service and celebration while abusing or underpaying its workers, torturing its geniuses, and driving everyone concerned to bankruptcy and despair. —

Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 27 June 2024 Despite running on Dunkin’ or lovin’ happy meals, America has a long history of underpaying the fast-food workers who make and deliver said iconic staples of the nation’s diet. —

Bychloe Berger, Fortune, 18 June 2024 Universities underpay clinical and adjunct faculty to subsidize (too often) unproductive tenured faculty. —

Byscott Galloway, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for underpay