unpaid

«unpaid» in Mova's school dictionary: Not paid yet: unpaid bills — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (unpaid)

meaning for a pupil

1) (of a bill or money) Not paid yet: unpaid bills. tree →

2) (of work or a person) Done or working without getting money: unpaid work, an unpaid helper. tree →

3) Unpaid leave: time off work without pay. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and maths, unpaid bills are money still owed: total cost − amount paid = unpaid amount. Volunteers do unpaid work to help others. In news, unpaid fines lead to more trouble. Parents caring at home do a lot of unpaid work.

examples

• The letter was about an unpaid bill. tree →
• Volunteers do unpaid work at the animal shelter. tree →
• The bike cost $150 and Sam has paid $90, so $60 is still unpaid. tree →
• She took unpaid leave to look after her baby. tree →
• Unpaid fines can grow bigger. tree →
• Helping at home is unpaid but important. tree →
• Finding that the cause of this punishment is an unpaid debt of fifty roubles, Nikita ransoms the greybeard, who straightway disappears. tree →

note

Opposite: paid. Unpaid ≠ free: something unpaid may still be owed. In maths, unpaid = total − paid so far.

In the corpora

• "Furloughed" means sent home from work for a period, often unpaid.
• Scam texts about parcels, prizes and unpaid bills trick many people every year into giving away card details.
• A note about unpaid school lunch money is the family's business, not the child's fault; free lunch forms can help.
• Looking after children and a home is real work; it is unpaid, but it saves the family money and matters a lot.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unpaid» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.