ˈpay raise
1pay raise — UK US noun [C] US ► HR, WORKPLACE PAY RISE(Cf. ↑pay rise): »Negotiating a pay raise is always a difficult task …
2pay raise — pay ,raise noun count AMERICAN an increase in your salary. British pay rise: The nurses have been awarded a 3% pay raise …
3pay raise — salary increase …
42005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy — In the early morning hours of July 7, 2005, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed pay increases for state lawmakers, judges, and top executive branch officials. [cite news first = last = url = http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billin… …
5pay rise — BrE pay raise AmE n an increase in the amount of money you are paid for doing your job ▪ Some company directors have awarded themselves huge pay rises. ▪ a 4% pay raise …
6pay rise — ➔ rise2 * * * pay rise UK US noun [C] UK (US pay raise) ► HR, WORKPLACE an increase in the amount of money you earn for doing your job: »annual/average pay rises of over 3% »a big/huge/substantial pay rise ask for/demand/seek a pay ris …
7pay rise — UK US noun [countable] [singular pay rise plural pay rises] british an increase in your salary. The American word is pay raise Nurses have been awarded a 3% pay rise. Thesaurus: wages and salaries …
8raise, rear, rise, raze — Once it was maintained that people raised pigs and corn and reared children. Careful speakers preserve this distinction, but the general public does not; therefore, you can raise or rear as many children as you can afford, with no purist in… …
9pay — pay1 [ peı ] (present participle paying; past tense and past participle paid [ peıd ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to give money in order to buy something: pay for: Let me pay for dinner. pay someone for something: Can I pay you for …
10raise — ▪ I. raise raise 1 [reɪz] verb [transitive] 1. to increase an amount, number, or level: • We can cut the state budget or raise taxes. • The bank raised interest rates to 15%. 2. raise a question/objection/point etc to make people consider a… …
