underpayment

underpayment

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English payment
English underpayment

    From under- + payment.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

    underpayment (countable and uncountable, plural underpayments)

    1. An insufficient payment
    2. The act of making such a payment
    3. The amount by which a payment is insufficient
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