Meanings
verbundercharge (third-person singular simple present undercharges, present participle undercharging, simple past and past participle undercharged)
present singular third person undercharges · participle present undercharging · participle past undercharged · past undercharged
- ambitransitiveTo charge less than the correct amount.
to undercharge a customer
1 more example
to undercharge for goods or services
- transitiveengineeringTo put too small a charge into.
to undercharge a gun
nounundercharge (plural undercharges)
plural undercharges
- A monetary charge that is less than the correct amount.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós
- Proto-Celtic*karros
- Gaulish*karros
- Latincarrus
- Latincarricō
- Late Latincarricāre
- Old Frenchchargier
- Middle Englishchargen
- Englishcharge
- Englishundercharge
Translations
Norwegian ta for lite betalt
- ta for lite betaltcharge less than the correct amount
Cite this entry
APA
undercharge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercharge
MLA
“undercharge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercharge. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undercharge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercharge.
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