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# unpaid

«unpaid» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not paid yet: unpaid bills** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (unpaid)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (of a bill or money) Not paid yet: unpaid bills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#m1)

2) (of work or a person) Done or working without getting money: unpaid work, an unpaid helper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#m2)

3) Unpaid leave: time off work without pay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and maths, unpaid bills are money still owed: total cost − amount paid = unpaid amount. Volunteers do unpaid work to help others. In news, unpaid fines lead to more trouble. Parents caring at home do a lot of unpaid work.

### examples

- The letter was about an unpaid bill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x1)
- Volunteers do unpaid work at the animal shelter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x2)
- The bike cost $150 and Sam has paid $90, so $60 is still unpaid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x3)
- She took unpaid leave to look after her baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x4)
- Unpaid fines can grow bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x5)
- Helping at home is unpaid but important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x6)
- Finding that the cause of this punishment is an unpaid debt of fifty roubles, Nikita ransoms the greybeard, who straightway disappears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x7)

### note

Opposite: paid. Unpaid ≠ free: something unpaid may still be owed. In maths, unpaid = total − paid so far.

### In the corpora

- ["Furloughed" means sent home from work for a period, often unpaid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/19/)
- [Scam texts about parcels, prizes and unpaid bills trick many people every year into giving away card details.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages/30/)
- [A note about unpaid school lunch money is the family's business, not the child's fault; free lunch forms can help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school/39/)
- [Looking after children and a home is real work; it is unpaid, but it saves the family money and matters a lot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/20-wages-salary-and-where-family-money-comes-from/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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