wage-restraint
1wage restraint — ➔ restraint * * * wage restraint UK US noun [C or U] (also pay restraint) ECONOMICS ► the act of reducing the rate of increase in the amount that workers earn, or something that is done to achieve this reduction: »Economists predict wage… …
2wage restraint — / weɪdʒ rɪˌstreɪnt/ noun the act of keeping increases in wages under control …
3restraint — re‧straint [rɪˈstreɪnt] noun [countable, uncountable] a rule or principle limiting what countries, companies etc can sell, advertise, buy etc: • Beijing promised to ease import restraints and buy more U.S. products. • The regulations were ruled… …
4restraint of trade — ► COMMERCE an illegal agreement that damages someone s ability to do business: »Any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business is a contract in restraint of trade. → See also PRICE RESTRAINT(Cf. ↑price restraint),… …
5restraint — noun 1 limit/control on sth ADJECTIVE ▪ voluntary ▪ agreements on voluntary export restraints ▪ conventional ▪ What happens when the conventional restraints on human cruelty are removed? ▪ …
6restraint — noun 1 (U) the ability not to do something that you very much want to do, because you know it is more sensible not to do it: The police were commended for their restraint in handling the disturbances. | show/exercise restraint: I think he showed… …
7restraint — [[t]rɪstre͟ɪnt[/t]] restraints 1) N VAR: usu with supp, oft N on n Restraints are rules or conditions that limit or restrict someone or something. The Prime Minister is calling for new restraints on trade unions... With open frontiers and lax… …
8restraint */ — UK [rɪˈstreɪnt] / US noun Word forms restraint : singular restraint plural restraints 1) [uncountable] the limit or control of the expression of strong emotion or opinion The President sent a letter to both nations urging restraint. 2)… …
9restraint — re|straint [ rı streınt ] noun * 1. ) uncount the limit or control of the expression of strong emotion or opinion: The President sent a letter to both nations urging restraint. 2. ) count an act of limiting or controlling something, or a… …
10wage 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 …
