raise
222
3.5
- noun
- /reɪz/
- US
- He just got a raise.
- a pay raise
- a merit raise
- a performance-based raise
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Watch on YouTubeAbe deserves a raise every day.
- Abe deserves a raise every day.
- So I got a raise but my producers did not.
- Work more and then there might be more raises or bonuses.
- They might minimize a promotion because the raise wasn't that big.
- We got raises during Christmas time.
- But chief fought for them and did get them a pay raise.
- I'm going out for my first raise, my first proper raise.
Examples
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I could use a raise.
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Did she get a raise?
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I think the first big raise was about a year and a half in.
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Did we get a raise and nobody told me?
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Rob has been given a nice raise, but I think he is working too hard.
Fiction book (1991) -
We got raises during Christmas time.
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The Los Angeles school board has authorized a pay raise for teachers.
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I didn't get a raise this year anyway.
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You told me I'd get a two pound a week raise.
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After working hard for months, I finally received a raise at my job.
Synonyms
399
1.9
An increase in amount or value
79
3.6
A sudden large rise in prices like fuel or rent
28
3.6
An increase in amount, level, or strength
13
2.5
Extra money that an employer pays a worker for their job
5
2.4
Extra money paid to a person for their job
2
3.0
An increase in the pay workers get for doing a job
Antonyms
Idioms
30
4.2
Make people feel surprised, shocked, or disapproving because something is unusual
- Offensive
1
8.3
To show anger or insult someone by lifting the middle finger
- Informal
Expect to get something that is very unlikely, for example more pay
How Much
- US
222
3.5
254
2.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Raise as a noun uses the same idea of 'lifting', so a pay raise is money lifted up — more money than before.