UNDERPAYMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does underpayment mean? 

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

1. a payment smaller than needed or expected

2. the act of paying less than required

  Familiarity information: UNDERPAYMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERPAYMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A payment smaller than needed or expected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

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

payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of paying less than required

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

defrayal; defrayment; payment (the act of paying money)

Derivation:

underpay (pay too little)