wage-freeze

  • 11wage — 1 noun 1 (singular) also wages (plural) money you earn that is paid according to the number of hours, days, or weeks that you work: The job s not very exciting, but he earns a good wage. | wage increase also wage rise BrE: The wage increases will …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12wage — Synonyms and related words: base pay, carry on, compensation, conduct, dismissal wage, do, earnings, employ, engage in, escalator clause, escalator plan, exercise, financial remuneration, follow, go in for, gross income, guaranteed annual wage,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 13freeze — I n. frost freezing 1) a deep, hard freeze freezer (BE) 2) a deep freeze fixing at a certain level 3) to impose a freeze 4) a nuclear; wage, wages (BE) freeze 5) a freeze on II v. 1) to freeze hard, solid (i …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 14wage — 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… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 15freeze — I UK [friːz] / US [frɪz] verb Word forms freeze : present tense I/you/we/they freeze he/she/it freezes present participle freezing past tense froze UK [frəʊz] / US [froʊz] past participle frozen UK [ˈfrəʊz(ə)n] / US [ˈfroʊz(ə)n] ** 1)… …

    English dictionary

  • 16freeze — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 putting a particular level on sth ADJECTIVE ▪ immediate ▪ complete, total (esp. BrE) ▪ a complete freeze on emissions ▪ hiring (esp. AmE) …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 17freeze — freeze1 [ friz ] (past tense froze [ frouz ] ; past participle frozen [ frouzn ] ) verb ** ▸ 1 when liquid turns solid ▸ 2 preserve by making cold ▸ 3 feel extremely cold ▸ 4 weather: reach 0°C ▸ 5 stop moving/working ▸ 6 stop officially ▸ 7 stop …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18wage — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (also wages) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ competitive (esp. AmE), decent, fair, good, high ▪ inadequate, low, meagre/meager (esp …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 19freeze*/ — [friːz] (past tense froze [frəʊz] ; past participle frozen [ˈfrəʊz(ə)n] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to become solid or hard because of extreme cold, or to make something solid or hard The lake freezes in winter.[/ex] The water had frozen solid.[/ex] 2) [T] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 20wage-price freeze — /weɪdʒ ˈpraɪs friz/ (say wayj pruys freez) noun a simultaneous freeze on both wages and prices …