Usually means: Paying less than what's deserved.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word underpay:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. underpay: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. underpay: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. underpay: Collins English Dictionary
  4. underpay: Vocabulary.com
  5. underpay: Wordnik
  6. underpay: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. underpay: Wiktionary
  8. underpay: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. underpay: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. underpay: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. underpay: Dictionary.com
  12. underpay: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. underpay: Rhymezone
  14. Underpay: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. underpay: FreeDictionary.org
  16. underpay: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. underpay: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. underpay: Merriam-Webster
  19. Underpay: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  20. underpay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)

(Note: See underpaid as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To pay (someone) less than the value of their work; to pay (someone) insufficiently.
verb:  (transitive) To pay less than is due for (something).

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