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to undercharge

to undercharge

1 3.9
To charge someone less than the correct price for goods or services
  • verb
  • /ˌʌndərˈtʃɑrdʒ/
translation icon : cobrar menos
  • My friend always undercharges for his artwork, even though it is worth much more.

Examples

  • Plus, putting a good price on programming software keeps out wannabes that undercharge for their talent and ruin it for all the other control engineers who need to make a living.

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  • Yet they are woefully willing to undercharge.

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  • I have found that many people providing SEO services tend to undercharge for the hard work they do, but that is a completely different topic!

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  • If you over-generalize a market, you undercharge people who might be willing to pay more and completely lose out on people only willing to pay less.

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  • For example: If a store undercharges me, I tell the cashier (Jew or non-Jew—to me, it makes no difference).

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  • The store decided to undercharge for the new laptop during the sale, attracting many customers.

  • If a company undercharges for their services, they may struggle to cover their operating costs.

Synonyms

to underbill
vsto undercharge
8.9

To charge someone less than the right amount for goods or services

means the same action but uses a different wording

Antonyms

to overcharge
18 3.4

To ask someone for more money than a fair price

How Charged

to overcharge
18 3.4
to charge
808 2.0
to undercharge
1 3.9

Surface Forms

undercharge infinitive
undercharged past
undercharged past participle
undercharging present participle
undercharges third person singular

Morphology

undercharge = charge (transparent) = under + charge

The verb is formed by adding the productive prefix under- to the verb 'charge', meaning to charge insufficiently.

Etymology

Undercharge is made of under- meaning 'below' or 'not enough' and charge meaning 'to ask for money'. To undercharge someone is to ask too little, so you charge less than the correct amount.