underpay
verb (used with object)
to pay less than is deserved or usual.
had underpaid
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past perfectof underpay.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The contest was triggered by Rayner's resignation following an investigation which found she had breached the ministerial code after admitting she had underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty on a new home earlier this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Eight audits of UnitedHealthcare plans found overpayments, while seven others found the government had underpaid.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2023
Adero Law filed a class action in November 2019 on behalf of Woolworths Supermarkets employees after the grocery chain disclosed it had underpaid thousands of supermarket workers for years.
From Reuters ● Oct. 7, 2021
The three consolidated cases decided Monday concerned charges that employers had underpaid their workers.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2018
Six months ago," she went on, "I realised that Hume had underpaid me.
From The Short Cut by Frank Tenney Johnson
