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.

• 🇨🇳指支付金额少于应付款项或预期金额的行为，也指所支付的不足金额本身。可泛指各种款项（如税款、工资、账单等）的少付、未足额支付。

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.

   🇨🇳付款不足

   同义词: deficiencydeficitinsufficiencyshortfall

   反义词: 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.

   🇨🇳少付

   反义词: overpayment

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