undercharge

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Recent Examples of undercharge First year freelancers typically lack the experience or have the comparables to set competitive rates, and often feel pressured to undercharge or do additional uncontracted work, something more experienced hands generally know how to manage or deflect. Jon Younger, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023 Trump for years has alleged, without evidence, that the Postal Service is undercharging companies, particularly Amazon (whose founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos, owns The Washington Post). Author: Jacob Bogage, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2020 At issue is a lawsuit that the city filed against in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in 2013 that accused BWC of undercharging one group of employers for premiums to cover their claims. Robert Higgs, cleveland, 7 Feb. 2020 The state hired an outside consulting firm, which determined that Montana was substantially undercharging ranchers for grazing. azcentral, 7 July 2019 Already bankrupt utilities cannot afford to upgrade the ailing grid, stuck in a vicious cycle of undercharging customers for electricity, going into debt, and failing to maintain the grid or to combat rampant power theft. Varun Sivaram, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undercharge
Verb
  • The owners are accused of overcharging in categories such as crematory fees, refrigeration fees, sales tax and several others.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Flat-rate pricing leads to value misalignment, high-usage customers feel undercharged, and low-usage customers feel overcharged.
    Chris Kent, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, all that demanded was an apology, not retribution from the organization itself.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Boise State head coach Spencer Danielson demanded more effort from his team in the days after the Broncos’ 34-7 season-opening loss to South Florida.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Clattenburg, whose post-refereeing commitments have ranged from acting as a consultant to Nottingham Forest to starring on the UK television show Gladiators, was asked by Paqueta’s legal team to pass observation on the four games being viewed as suspicious.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Prime Invitees can either ask the Prime member in their households to add them to their Amazon Family or sign up for their own Prime membership.
    Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025

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