tr.v., -paid (-pād'), -pay·ing, -pays.

To pay insufficiently or less than is deserved.

underpayment un'der·pay'ment n.

Inadequate wages. An underpay situation occurs when individuals are being paid less than a job or procedure is worth in market or perceived terms.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: pay too little
  Antonym: overpay (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - underbetale

Nederlands (Dutch)
onvoldoende betalen

Français (French)
v. tr. - sous-payer, ne pas recevoir l'intégralité de son salaire, devoir de l'argent à qn

Deutsch (German)
v. - unterbezahlen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αμείβω λιγότερο από το κανονικό, κακοπληρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
sottopagare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pagar mal

Русский (Russian)
оплачивать по низкой ставке, недоплачивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - pagar mal o poco, pagar menos de lo justo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - underbetala

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
不付足够的工资, 不充分地付

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 不付足夠的工資, 不充分地付

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에게 임금을 제대로 주지 않다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - より少なく払う, 低賃金を支払う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدفع اجرا اقل مما ينبغي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שילם מעט מדיי‬

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