"undercharge" meaning in English

See undercharge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undercharge.wav Forms: undercharges [plural]
Etymology: From under- + charge. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|charge}} under- + charge Head templates: {{en-noun}} undercharge (plural undercharges)
  1. A monetary charge that is less than the correct amount.
    Sense id: en-undercharge-en-noun-iQvXQyLp Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 37 40 22

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undercharge.wav Forms: undercharges [present, singular, third-person], undercharging [participle, present], undercharged [participle, past], undercharged [past]
Etymology: From under- + charge. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|charge}} under- + charge Head templates: {{en-verb}} undercharge (third-person singular simple present undercharges, present participle undercharging, simple past and past participle undercharged)
  1. (ambitransitive) To charge less than the correct amount. Tags: ambitransitive Translations (charge less than the correct amount): ta for lite betalt (Norwegian), zaračunati premalo [perfective] (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-undercharge-en-verb-wMNGGB-U Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 37 40 22 Disambiguation of 'charge less than the correct amount': 98 2
  2. (transitive, firearms) To put too small a charge into. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-undercharge-en-verb-7SYyH4y5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Slovene translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 16 70 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 37 40 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 25 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 17 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 15 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 23 26 51 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Inflected forms

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