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# unpaid

adjective (unpaid)

«unpaid» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (of a bill or money) Not paid yet: unpaid bills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#m1)
2. (of work or a person) Done or working without getting money: unpaid work, an unpaid helper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#m2)
3. Unpaid leave: time off work without pay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x1)
- Volunteers do unpaid work at the animal shelter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x2)
- The bike cost $150 and Sam has paid $90, so $60 is still unpaid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x3)
- She took unpaid leave to look after her baby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x4)
- Unpaid fines can grow bigger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x5)
- Helping at home is unpaid but important. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x6)
- Finding that the cause of this punishment is an unpaid debt of fifty roubles, Nikita ransoms the greybeard, who straightway disappears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/#x7)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unpaid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpaid/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unpaid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unpaid.html) on Mova free.