As an adjective undertaxed
is taxed at less than an appropriate level.
As a verb undertaked is
(nonstandard) (
undertake).
undertaxed English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Taxed at less than an appropriate level
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 15, author=Elisabeth Malkin, title=Mexico Enacts a Tax-Overhaul Bill, work=New York Times citation
, passage=“Mexico is an undertaxed country, not an overtaxed country,” said Damian Fraser, the head of Latin America research at UBS Securities in Mexico City. }} |
undertaked English
Verb
(head)
(nonstandard) (undertake)
undertake English
Verb
(label) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:To second, or oppose, or undertake / The perilous attempt.
(label) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
:
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I'll undertake to land them on our coast.
(label) To overtake on the wrong side.
:
To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
*, Bk.VII:
*:"I have now aspyed one knyght," he seyde, "that woll play hys play at the justys, I undirtake ."
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:And those two counties I will undertake / Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:And he was not right fat, I undertake .
* (1665-1728)
*:I dare undertake they will not lose their labour.
To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.
*:
*:there came fourty knyghtes to sire Darras // So sire Tristram endured there grete payne / for sekenesse had vndertake hym / and that is the grettest payne a prysoner maye haue
(label) To assume, as a character; to take on.
:(Shakespeare)
(label) To engage with; to attack.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offence to.
(label) To have knowledge of; to hear.
:(Spenser)
(label) To have or take charge of.
*(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)
*:Keep well those that ye undertake .
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:who undertakes you to your end
Usage notes
* Sense: To commit oneself. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
* See
Derived terms
* undertaker
* undertaking
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