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# undercharge

«undercharge» in Mova's school dictionary: **to ask someone to pay less than the real or correct…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (undercharge, undercharges, undercharged, undercharging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To undercharge means to ask someone to pay less than the real or correct price, often by mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undercharge/#m1)

2) To undercharge for your work means to ask too little money for it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undercharge/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems on money, shopping and change, undercharging means the bill was too small: the difference between the correct price and the price charged tells you how much was missed. In everyday life, honest customers tell the shop when they have been undercharged. Phrases: «undercharge someone by £2», «be undercharged».

### examples

- The cashier undercharged us by three dollars, so Dad went back to pay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undercharge/#x1)
- If a shop undercharges you, it is honest to tell them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undercharge/#x2)
- The café undercharged for the cakes because the price label was wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undercharge/#x3)
- My cousin undercharges for her babysitting — she should ask for more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undercharge/#x4)
- The bill should be £18, but we were charged £15, so we were undercharged by £3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undercharge/#x5)
- The new till kept undercharging for apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undercharge/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: undercharged. Opposite: overcharge. Maths: undercharged amount = correct price − price paid, e.g. correct £20, charged £17 → undercharged by £3. Usually followed by «by» + amount or «for» + thing.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «undercharge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undercharge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.