increase step-up | the act of increasing something, he gave me an increase in salary |
wage freeze | a freeze of wages at a given level |
increase increment | the amount by which something increases, they proposed an increase of percent in the fare |
fare increase | increase in the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance |
price increase | increase in price |
raise rise wage hike hike wage increase salary increase | the amount a salary is increased, he got a % raise, he got a wage hike |
rise boost hike cost increase | an increase in cost, they asked for a % rise in rates |
tax-increase tax boost tax hike | the amount by which taxes are increased, a tax increase of percent |
wage floor | floor below which wages are not allowed to fall |
wage claim pay claim | the wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives |
wage concession | an agreement to raise wages |
increase | a change resulting in an increase, the increase is scheduled for next month |
earner wage earner | someone who earn wages in return for their labor |
wage pay earnings remuneration salary | something that remunerates, wages were paid by check, he wasted his pay on drink, they saved a quarter of all their earnings |
living wage | a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably |
minimum wage | the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay, determined by contract or by law |
increase increment growth | a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important, the increase in unemployment, the growth of population |
addition increase gain | a quantity that is added, there was an addition to property taxes this year, they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks |
wage scale wage schedule | a schedule of wages paid for different jobs |
wage setter | any economic condition or variable that serves to set wage rates |
increase | make bigger or more, The boss finally increased her salary, The university increased the number of students it admitted |
increase | become bigger or greater in amount, The amount of work increased |
engage wage | carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns), Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe |
propertyless wage-earning working-class blue-collar | of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers, party of the propertyless proletariat- G.B.Shaw |
wage-earning working-clas | working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries, working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor |