UNDERCHARGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does undercharge mean? 

• UNDERCHARGE (noun)
  The noun UNDERCHARGE has 2 senses:

1. a price that is too low

2. an insufficient charge

  Familiarity information: UNDERCHARGE used as a noun is rare.

• UNDERCHARGE (verb)
  The verb UNDERCHARGE has 1 sense:

1. charge (someone) too little money

  Familiarity information: UNDERCHARGE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERCHARGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A price that is too low

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("undercharge" is a kind of...):

charge (the price charged for some article or service)

Derivation:

undercharge (charge (someone) too little money)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An insufficient charge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("undercharge" is a kind of...):

burster; bursting charge; charge; explosive charge (a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time)

• UNDERCHARGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they undercharge    ... he / she / it undercharges   
Past simple: undercharged   
Past participle: undercharged   
-ing form: undercharging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Charge (someone) too little money

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "undercharge" is one way to...):

bill; charge (demand payment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

overcharge (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)

Derivation:

undercharge (a price that is too low)