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单词 under-rate
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under-raten.

Brit. /ˈʌndəreɪt/, U.S. /ˈəndə(r)ˌreɪt/
Etymology: under- prefix1 5(b).
A rate lower than the true or proper one.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [noun] > price or rate below proper one
under-price1611
under-rate1631
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 240 Being valued..at a fauourable and farre vnder-rate.
1693 G. Stepney tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires viii. 151 The worthless Brute is from New-Market brought, And at an under-rate in Smith-Field bought.
1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 477 I highly commend your Resolution of not letting Copies go at Under-Rates.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxii. 255 Tho' her conscience permitted her to take them [sc. clothes] at such an under-rate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

under-rateadj.

Brit. /ˈʌndəreɪt/, U.S. /ˈəndə(r)ˌreɪt/
Etymology: under- prefix2.
Inferior, subordinate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [adjective]
unprincipal?1541
sillya1547
faulty1574
subaltern1581
suffragant1603
faulted1608
under-rate1709
1709 J. Swift Let. to Hunter 12 Jan. The Whigs carry all before them, and how far they will pursue their victories we underrate Whigs can hardly tell.
1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. iii. §19 118 This deficiency is no other than what an under-rate workman might easily supply.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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