Underpay
[ʌndə'peɪ] or [,ʌndɚ'pe]
Definition
(v. t.) To pay inadequately.
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Definition
v.t. to pay insufficiently.—p.adj. Underpaid′.—n. Underpay′ment.
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Examples
- If any service is very much underpaid, it is very apt to suffer by the meanness and incapacity of the greater part of those who are employed in it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This in itself was not a bad thing for the lower clergy in France, who were often scandalously underpaid in comparison with the richer dignitaries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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