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Underpayment

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n. An insufficient payment

n. The act of making such a payment

n. The amount by which a payment is insufficient

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n. the act of paying less than required

n. a payment smaller than needed or expected

Word Usage

"On Tuesday, when Mr. Geithner's failures were first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the Obama transition office issued a statement calling his underpayment of taxes "honest mistakes.""

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

payment defrayal defrayment

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