"underpayment" meaning in English

See underpayment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: underpayments [plural]
Etymology: under- + payment Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|payment}} under- + payment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} underpayment (countable and uncountable, plural underpayments)
  1. An insufficient payment Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-underpayment-en-noun-7-r9yeCd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 29 26
  2. The act of making such a payment Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-underpayment-en-noun-yhIpCNmj
  3. The amount by which a payment is insufficient Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-underpayment-en-noun-gZdmTTqb Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 33 23 43

Inflected forms

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