Underget

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To get less than expected or due. ambitransitive, rare

    "Some companies hold their clerks responsible to account for the actual amount of the fares on tickets sold, and ignore the question of overgot and undergot money."

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"Some companies hold their clerks responsible to account for the actual amount of the fares on tickets sold, and ignore the question of overgot and undergot money."

Etymology

From under- + get. Compare Middle English underyeten (“to comprehend, perceive”), from Old English underġietan (“to understand, perceive, know”).

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