to freeze wages
21wage freeze — noun a freeze of wages at a given level • Hypernyms: ↑freeze * * * wage freeze noun A fixing of wages at a certain level for some time ahead • • • Main Entry: ↑wage * * * wage freeze, a fixing of wages and salaries, as by government decree: »In… …
22wage-price freeze — /weɪdʒ ˈpraɪs friz/ (say wayj pruys freez) noun a simultaneous freeze on both wages and prices …
23wage freeze — An attempt by a government to counter inflation by fixing wages at their existing level for a specified period. For various reasons, including the use of overtime and bonuses to defeat the measure, this is no longer considered an effective policy …
24wage — I n. 1) to draw, earn a wage 2) to pay a wage 3) to freeze wages 4) a decent, living; minimum; subsistence wage (to pay workers a decent wage) 5) an annual, yearly; daily; hourly; monthly; weekly wage II v. (D; tr.) to wage against (to wage a… …
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27Calendar of 1994 — ▪ 1995 JANUARY JANUARY 1 Mexican peasants revolt in Chiapas. A group of uniformed Mexican peasants, calling themselves the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), caught the government completely off guard when they attacked and captured …
28job action — ➔ action * * * job action UK US noun [C or U] HR ► INDUSTRIAL ACTION(Cf. ↑industrial action): »A 24 hour job action was scheduled by union workers for Friday to protest against the company s plans to freeze wages …
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30ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …
