rate of pay
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2.4
- noun
:
tasa de pago
- In the US, you can look up the average rates of pay for different occupations through the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- a high rate of pay
Examples
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Managers insisted that they had made time-motion studies in the field to calculate fair new rates of pay.
Academic text (2002) -
Canadian overtime is generally 1.5 times the regular rate of pay.
Blog text (15) -
Certain jobs get a particular rate of pay because of some decisions made by the boss.
Blog text (26) -
What is your rate of pay?
Academic text (2017) -
Highly qualified teachers leave to obtain a higher rate of pay in an urban school or another type of job.
Academic text (2006) -
There is an enormous difference in your rate of pay when you work in Redmond, Washington.
Academic text (1999) -
Currently, I make $16.12 an hour at the top rate of pay in the bakery.
Blog text (33) -
The average rate of pay for a residential care worker in Denmark, he says, is about 40,000 because the sector requires high levels of qualification in education and therapeutic methods.
Academic text (2009) -
What is your rate of pay for this project?
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Many employees are concerned about their rate of pay when comparing job offers.
Synonyms
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1.4
Money paid regularly to a worker, often each week
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2.1
The price charged for something often per hour or unit
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1.0
Money you receive for work or services
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1.3
A regular fixed payment from an employer to an employee, usually monthly
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3.0
The amount of money a worker gets for each hour or week of work
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2.7
Amount of money paid for work in a set time like per hour
The amount of money paid for each hour or work period
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'rate' (price or amount per unit) combined with 'pay' (remuneration), linked by 'of' to indicate which quantity is being measured, so the meaning 'amount paid per hour/week/etc.' follows straightforwardly from the constituents. This construction is common cross-linguistically and follows standard noun-of-noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows the words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase rate of pay comes from the simple idea of counting money by time. Rate means how much for each unit, like an hour, and pay means money, so imagine coins dropping into a jar each hour to show the 'amount of money' you earn 'per hour'.