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pay cuts

pay cuts is the plural of pay cut.

Meaning of pay cut

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

Questions about pay cuts

What is pay cuts the plural of?
Pay cuts is the plural of pay cut.

Words near pay cuts in the dictionary

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

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