unpaid
Awaiting settlement, due
Unpaid describes work, debts, or obligations that have not been compensated or settled.
An unpaid bill remains outstanding.
An unpaid intern receives no wages.
Unpaid leave is time off without salary.
The word can suggest either that payment is overdue or that none was ever expected: unpaid volunteers, unpaid caregivers.
Past expected arrival
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
- delinquentFailing in duty
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
- defaultPreset standard option
collection · creditor · balance · owing · receivable · due · unsettled · liability
Unpaid willing participant
- pro bonoFree professional services
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- community serviceUnpaid labor benefiting society
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
donation · nonprofit · activism · goodwill · humanitarian · altruism · benevolence · helping
Selfish use of others
- wage theftEmployer withholding earned compensation
- uncompensatedNot paid for work
- sweatshopExploitative manufacturing workplace
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
servitude · indenture · coercion · domestic work · caregiving · housework · overtime · internship
overdue
Past expected arrival
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
- delinquentFailing in duty
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
default · collection · creditor · balance · owing · receivable · due · unsettled · liability · repayment
volunteer
Unpaid willing participant
- pro bonoFree professional services
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- community serviceUnpaid labor benefiting society
philanthropy · donation · nonprofit · activism · goodwill · humanitarian · altruism · benevolence · helping · support
exploitation
Selfish use of others
- wage theftEmployer withholding earned compensation
- uncompensatedNot paid for work
- sweatshopExploitative manufacturing workplace
trafficking · servitude · indenture · coercion · domestic work · caregiving · housework · overtime · internship · gig work
complimentary
Free or expressing praise
comp · courtesy · costless · no-cost · gift · bonus · promotional · sample
- debtdebt, creditor, owe, debtor, lender
- Unpaid Billspast due, overdue, late, outstanding, behind
- account statusactive, inactive, open, closed, current
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- U-wordsugly, ultimate, ultra, umbrella, unable
- nonprofitnonprofit, charity, donation, volunteer, philanthropy
unpaidpaid
Gave money owed
compensated · remunerated · salaried · reimbursed · waged
- unpaid leaveAuthorized absence, no salary
- unpaid billsAmounts not yet remitted
- unpaid internshipWork experience without compensation
- unpaid workLabor without remuneration
- unpaid internUncompensated workplace trainee
- unpaid laborWork done without payment
payment, paid, paying, payback, payroll, payable, payout, prepay, nonpayment