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Definition of underpay verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

underpay

verb

NAmE//ˌʌndərˈpeɪ//

[usually passive] underpay somebodyVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they underpay

he / she / it underpays

past simple underpaid

-ing form underpaying

to pay someone too little money, especially for their work opposite overpay

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