Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underpayment

/ˈʌndɚpˌeɪmənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-pay-ment
IPA: /ˈʌndɚpˌeɪmənt/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An insufficient payment

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of making such a payment

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The amount by which a payment is insufficient

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English payment English underpayment From under- + payment.

Usage

Inflected Forms

underpayments (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce underpayment?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌndɚpˌeɪmənt/.
What does underpayment mean?: An insufficient payment
Where does underpayment come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English payment English underpayment From under- + payment.

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