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Definition of underpay verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

underpay

verb
 
/ˌʌndəˈpeɪ/
 
/ˌʌndərˈpeɪ/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they underpay
 
/ˌʌndəˈpeɪ/
 
/ˌʌndərˈpeɪ/
he / she / it underpays
 
/ˌʌndəˈpeɪz/
 
/ˌʌndərˈpeɪz/
past simple underpaid
 
/ˌʌndəˈpeɪd/
 
/ˌʌndərˈpeɪd/
past participle underpaid
 
/ˌʌndəˈpeɪd/
 
/ˌʌndərˈpeɪd/
-ing form underpaying
 
/ˌʌndəˈpeɪɪŋ/
 
/ˌʌndərˈpeɪɪŋ/
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  1. underpay somebody to pay somebody too little money, especially for their work opposite overpay
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