underpaid

underpaid
underpaid un‧der‧paid [ˌʌndəˈpeɪd◂ ǁ -ər-] adjective
paid less money than you deserve for your work:

• Most of the staff feel they are overworked and underpaid.

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underpaid UK US /ˌʌndəˈpeɪd/ adjective
► not paid enough money for the work that you do: »

He believed that the top executives were woefully underpaid.

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The underpaid employees hounded their boss for a raise.

► if a job is underpaid, the people who do it do not earn enough money: »

Service in the catering industry has long been underpaid.

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Looking after children is one of the most undervalued and underpaid jobs there is.

► FINANCE, TAX an underpaid amount of money is less than it should be: »

For underpaid tax the rate will be 2.5% over bank base rate.

→ Compare OVERPAID(Cf. ↑overpaid)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • Underpaid — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Grunge, Alternative Gründung 2003 Website http://underp …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • underpaid — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)pe͟ɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ People who are underpaid are not paid enough money for the job that they do. Women are frequently underpaid for the work that they do. ...underpaid factory workers. Ant: overpaid …   English dictionary

  • underpaid — adjective getting too little financial compensation for ones work I am underpaid and overworked. Ant: overpaid …   Wiktionary

  • underpaid — un|der|paid [ˌʌndəˈpeıd US ər ] adj earning less money than you deserve for your work ▪ Teachers are overworked and underpaid …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • underpaid — adjective earning less money than you deserve for your work: Teachers are generally overworked and underpaid. underpay verb (T) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • underpaid — un·der·paid (ŭn dər pādʹ) v. Past tense and past participle of underpay. * * * …   Universalium

  • underpaid — un|der|paid [ ,ʌndər peıd ] adjective not earning enough money for the work that you do ─ opposite OVERPAID …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • underpaid — adj. paid less that is required or deserved ,un·der pay || ‚ʌndÉ™(r) peɪ v. pay less than what is normal or required, pay insufficiently, give a salary which is too low …   English contemporary dictionary

  • underpaid — past and past participle of underpay …   English new terms dictionary

  • underpaid — UK [ˌʌndə(r)ˈpeɪd] / US [ˌʌndərˈpeɪd] adjective not earning enough money for work that you do …   English dictionary

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