campaign hunting expedition safari | an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) |
campaign cause crusade drive movement effort | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end, he supported populist campaigns, they worked in the cause of world peace, the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant, the movement to end slavery, contributed to the war effort |
advertising campaign ad campaign ad blitz | an organized program of advertisements |
charm campaign | a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support |
campaigning candidacy candidature electioneering political campaign | the campaign of a candidate to be elected |
front-porch campaigning front-porch campaign | a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel, William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in , her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign |
fundaising campaign fundaising drive fundaising effort | a campaign to raise money for some cause |
whispering campaign | the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate |
sales campaign | an advertising campaign intended to promote sales |
publicelations campaign | an advertising campaign intended to improve public relations |
wage freeze | a freeze of wages at a given level |
campaign military campaign | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) |
naval campaign | an operation conducted primarily by naval forces in order to gain or extend or maintain control of the sea |
Dardanelles Dardanelles campaign | the unsuccessful campaign in World War I () by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia, defeated by the Turks |
Okinawa Okinawa campaign | a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June ), in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese, considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans |
Petersburg Petersburg Campaign | the final campaign of the American Civil War (-), Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee |
Wilderness Campaign | American Civil War, a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign () against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses |
campaign hat | a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown, formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel |
raise rise wage hike hike wage increase salary increase | the amount a salary is increased, he got a % raise, he got a wage hike |
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 |
political campaign campaign run | a race between candidates for elective office, I managed his campaign for governor, he is raising money for a Senate run |
governor's race campaign for governor | a race for election to the governorship |
senate campaign senate race | a race for election to the senate |
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 |
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 |
campaign take the field | go on a campaign, go off to war |
campaign run | run, stand, or compete for an office or a position, Who's running for treasurer this year? |
engage wage | carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns), Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe |
crusade a fight a press campaign a push a agitate | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person, be an advocate for, The liberal party pushed for reforms, She is crusading for women's rights, The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate |
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 |