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1 underpay
past tense, past participle - underpaid; verb(to pay (a person) too little: They claim that they are underpaid and overworked.) pagar malv.• pagar insuficientemente v.['ʌndǝ'peɪ](pt, pp underpaid) VT pagar mal -
2 underpay
s.retribución insuficiente.v.1 pagar insuficientemente.2 pagar poco, pagar mal, pagar mal salario, pagar un sueldo bajo.(pt & pp underpaid)s.pago insuficiente. -
3 underpaid
adj.mal pagado(a).pp.mal pagado, insuficientemente, retribuido.pt.pretérito del verbo: UNDERPAY -
4 payment
1) (money etc paid: The TV can be paid for in ten weekly payments.) pago2) (the act of paying: He gave me a book in payment for my kindness.) pago, recompensapayment n pagotr['peɪmənt]1 (paying) pago2 (amount paid) pago, remuneración nombre femenino3 (instalment) plazo4 (reward) pago, recompensa\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLannual payment anualidad nombre femenino, pago anualdown payment entrada, pago inicialmonthly payment mensualidad nombre femenino, pago mensualpayment ['peɪmənt] n1) : pago m2) installment: plazo m, cuota f3) reward: recompensa fn.• paga s.f.• pago s.m.• retribución s.f.'peɪmənta) u (of debt, money, wage) pago mpayment FOR something: he received no payment for what he did — no recibió remuneración por lo que hizo (frml)
b) c ( installment) plazo m, cuota f (AmL)I've made the first payment on the house — he pagado el primer plazo or (AmL) la primera cuota de la casa
she made several payments into her account — hizo varios depósitos or (esp Esp) ingresos or (Col) consignaciones en su cuenta
c) u (reward, thanks) pago m, recompensa f['peɪmǝnt]1. NI don't expect payment for my help — no espero que me paguen por mi ayuda, no espero remuneración por mi ayuda
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as payment for your help — como pago por tu ayuda•
in payment for/of — en pago por/de•
to make a payment — efectuar un pagoto make a payment into one's account — hacer un depósito or (Sp) un ingreso en cuenta
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on payment of £5 — mediante pago de cinco libras, pagando cinco librasadvance 4., kind 2., 2), maintenance 2.•
to present sth for payment — presentar algo para el cobro2) (=instalment) plazo mten monthly payments of £50 — diez plazos mensuales or diez mensualidades de 50 libras
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to fall behind with one's/the payments — atrasarse en los pagos•
to keep up one's/the payments — mantenerse al día con los pagos3) (fig) (=reward) recompensa f, retribución fa stream of abuse was the only payment he received — la única recompensa or retribución que recibió fue una sarta de insultos
2.CPDpayment card N — tarjeta f de pago
payment holiday N — período m de carencia
you can also underpay or take payment holidays if you choose — también puede optar por pagar menos o acogerse a períodos de carencia
* * *['peɪmənt]a) u (of debt, money, wage) pago mpayment FOR something: he received no payment for what he did — no recibió remuneración por lo que hizo (frml)
b) c ( installment) plazo m, cuota f (AmL)I've made the first payment on the house — he pagado el primer plazo or (AmL) la primera cuota de la casa
she made several payments into her account — hizo varios depósitos or (esp Esp) ingresos or (Col) consignaciones en su cuenta
c) u (reward, thanks) pago m, recompensa f -
5 under-
1) (beneath, as in underline.) sub-2) (too little, as in underpay.) sub-, mal3) (lower in rank: the under-manager.) sub-4) (less in age than: a nursery for under-fives (= children aged four and under).) de menos de, menores detr['ʌndəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (below) infra-, sub-; (insufficiently) insuficientemente'ʌndəra) (below, lower)b) ( less than proper)they are under-represented on the committee — no tienen la representación que les corresponde en la comisión; see also underdone, underestimate
c) ( of lesser rank) sub-['ʌndǝ(r)]PREFIX1) (=insufficiently) poco, insuficientementeunder-prepared — poco or insuficientemente preparado
2) (=less than)an under-15 — (=child) un menor de 15 años
the under-cook — el/la cocinero(-a) ayudante or auxiliar
* * *['ʌndər]a) (below, lower)b) ( less than proper)they are under-represented on the committee — no tienen la representación que les corresponde en la comisión; see also underdone, underestimate
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6 underpaid
see underpaytr[ʌndə'peɪd]1 mal pagado,-aadj.• mal retribuido adj.'ʌndər'peɪd, ˌʌndə'peɪdadjective mal pagado, mal pago (RPl)['ʌndǝ'peɪd]ADJ mal pagado* * *['ʌndər'peɪd, ˌʌndə'peɪd]adjective mal pagado, mal pago (RPl)
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