Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not yet paid.
  • adjective Serving without pay; unsalaried.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not paid; not discharged, as a debt. Not having received what is due: as, unpaid workmen.
  • Serving without pay; unsalaried: as, unpaid justices.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not paid for.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective without payment
  • adjective engaged in as a pastime
  • adjective not paid

Etymologies

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un- +‎ paid

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Examples

  • NT unpaid household labor • RT economic value of women's work • homemaking • unpaid labor force • valuing children • volunteer work • The term unpaid employment in A Women's Thesaurus is a subdivision of • employment.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • NT unpaid household labor • RT economic value of women's work • homemaking • unpaid labor force • valuing children • volunteer work • The term unpaid employment in A Women's Thesaurus is a subdivision of • employment.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • NT unpaid household labor • RT economic value of women's work • homemaking • unpaid labor force • valuing children • volunteer work • The term unpaid employment in A Women's Thesaurus is a subdivision of • employment.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • NT unpaid household labor • RT economic value of women's work • homemaking • unpaid labor force • valuing children • volunteer work • The term unpaid employment in A Women's Thesaurus is a subdivision of • employment.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • The row heated up this month when Sudan said it was confiscating some of South Sudan's oil exports to make up for what it called unpaid fees.

    Reuters: Press Release 2012

  • Tension rose when Sudan said last month it started seizing southern oil at Port Sudan as compensation for what it called unpaid pipeline transit fees.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

  • KHARTOUM Reuters - Sudan will continue to take a share of oil from South Sudan to compensate for what it calls unpaid transit fees and said an oil deal was unlikely without an agreement on border and security issues, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.

    Reuters: Press Release 2012

  • Modern U.S. tax farms don't use violence, but they do have the power to take their debtors 'homes -- even for what starts as just a few hundred dollars in unpaid bills.

    The New Tax Man From Ancient Rome William Alden 2010

  • Modern U.S. tax farms don't use violence, but they do have the power to take their debtors 'homes -- even for what starts as just a few hundred dollars in unpaid bills.

    The New Tax Man From Ancient Rome William Alden 2010

  • Add in unpaid bills from the previous year and Illinois has a total deficit of about $13 billion.

    Pat Quinn To Announce Plans For Budget Gap Today (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

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