to underpay
3
3.8
- verb
- /ˌʌndərˈpeɪ/
:
pagar menos
- I do sometimes have pangs about underpaying them.
- underpay workers
- underpay employees
- underpay taxes
Now you need to manipulate it where you're underpaying taxes.
- Now you need to manipulate it where you're underpaying taxes.
- So you know, for, for those that underpay pay clearly is, is, is one of the things.
- And it you know me, me being fierce doesn't mean that I underpay.
Examples
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The facts indicate that when women—and particularly women and men of color—get hired, people are more likely to underpay them.
Academic text (2018) -
In addition to low wages, many of these companies have a history of poor labor relations that extends beyond underpaying their employees.
Blog text (18) -
We have been underpaying for oil for a long time.
Blog text (28) -
Why does the Government think it's OK to underpay, overstress and under appreciate all those that work within our NHS?
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Do you think it's easy trying to increase your own salary while laying off and overworking/underpaying your existing employees?
Blog text (25) -
MNCs are said to underpay and otherwise exploit poor people in developing countries, exporting jobs that should have stayed in the United States.
Academic text (2011) -
In my case, I work a job that zaps all of my time, energy, and creativity, plus underpays me, so I cannot get crafty the way that I once could.
Blog text (5) -
It denounces the practice of underpaying parochial priests, thus contributing to illiteracy.
Academic text (1993) -
The ERP has been positively received in the main cocoa-growing regions such as Ashanti and Brong Ahafo, which suffered from previous government policies to overtax and underpay cocoa producers.
Academic text (1995) -
Many companies choose to underpay their workers to maximize profits.
Synonyms
8
8.8
Give someone less money than they are owed
5
7.0
Give someone less money than they should get
Antonyms
How Underpaid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word underpay is made of under- meaning 'below' or 'not enough' and pay meaning 'to give money'. That's why to underpay someone is to give them a 'below' amount of money, in other words to pay less than they deserve.