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Definition of unpaid adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

unpaid

adjective
 
/ˌʌnˈpeɪd/
 
/ˌʌnˈpeɪd/
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  1. not yet paid
    • unpaid bills
    • customers who leave their bills unpaid till the last minute
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • remain
    • leave something
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  2. done or taken without payment
    • unpaid work
    • unpaid leave
    opposite paid
    Extra Examples
    • They inevitably work countless hours of unpaid overtime.
    • the virtually unpaid labour of large peasant families
  3. (of people) not receiving payment for work that they do
    • These volunteers, most of them unpaid, are essential to the charity's work.
    • Many of the children are used as unpaid labour.
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