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pay cut

pay cut noun: a reduction in salary or wages.

Noun

pay cut (plural pay cuts)

  1. A reduction in salary or wages.
    • I'm not suggesting across-the-board pay cuts (even I'm not that extremist), but I am suggesting that a three-year pay freeze for all staff above the living wage level should be considered.2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 25

Forms of pay cut

pluralpay cuts

Questions about pay cut

What does pay cut mean?
Pay cut means a reduction in salary or wages.
What part of speech is pay cut?
Pay cut is a noun.
What is the plural of pay cut?
The plural of pay cut is pay cuts.

Words near pay cut in the dictionary

  1. pay by bank
  2. pay check
  3. pay checks
  4. pay cheque
  5. pay cheques
  6. pay cut
  7. pay cuts
  8. pay day
  9. pay days
  10. pay dearly
  11. pay dirt

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