short-pay

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To pay (someone) less than the amount that is owed; to underpay through error, omission, or miscalculation.
    — A short payment occurs when a customer underpays their invoice... At times, a customer may short pay an invoice as part of a cash flow management strategy, choosing to pay less than the full amount to minimize their outflow of money.

词形变化

short-pays present,singular,third-person short-paid participle,present short-payed participle,past short-payed past shortpay alternative short pay alternative

词源

From short + pay, parallel to compounds such as shortchange. Attested in financial and employment contexts since at least the early 20th century.
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