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adj
Paid less than the amount owed; underpaid, especially due to clerical error, billing adjustment, or miscalculation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: employment
Topics: business, finance
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Synonyms: underpaid, shortchanged
Antonyms: none provided
verb
past participle of short-pay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Formed from short-pay + -ed, parallel to shortchanged.
