underpayment

A noun referring to a payment that is smaller than what is required or expected, or the act of paying less than the necessary amount.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa um pagamento inferior ao exigido ou esperado, ou o ato de pagar uma quantia menor que a necessária.

1. Insufficient payment B2 formal

   A payment that is smaller than what is required or expected.

   • The contractor received an underpayment for the completed work.
   • She discovered an underpayment in her last paycheck.
   • The company was fined for systematic underpayment of wages.

   🇵🇹Pagamento insuficiente

   Sinônimos: deficiencydeficitinsufficiencyshortfall

   Antônimos: compensationoverpaymentpaymentrestitution

2. Act of paying less B2 formal

   The action of paying less than the legally or contractually required amount.

   • Underpayment of taxes can lead to penalties.
   • The employee filed a complaint about the underpayment of overtime.
   • The audit revealed a pattern of underpayment to suppliers.

   🇵🇹Pagamento a menor

   Antônimos: overpayment

• underpayments plural form
• underpayments' possessive plural form
• underpayment's possessive singular form