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un⋅der⋅pay

  [uhn-der-pey]
Use underpay in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -paid, -pay⋅ing.
to pay less than is deserved or usual.
Origin:
1840–50; under- + pay 1

Related forms:
un⋅der⋅pay⋅ment  [uhn-der-pey-muhnt, uhn-der-pey-] , noun
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un·der·pay   (ŭn'dər-pā')   
tr.v.   un·der·paid (-pād'), un·der·pay·ing, un·der·pays
To pay insufficiently or less than is deserved.
un'der·pay'ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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