wage increase
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2.5
- noun
- /weɪd ˈɪnˌkriːs/
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aumento salarial
- Large nominal wage increases were provided in the public sector.
- minimum wage increase
- labor won wage increases
- high wage increase
A GPN is helping Japan with inflation, corporate profits and wage increases.
- A GPN is helping Japan with inflation, corporate profits and wage increases.
- There was a graph that was going viral last week on social media that showed the average real wage increase under Trump versus Biden.
Examples
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Although manufacturing saw wage increases in the 1980s, the various service industries experienced increases in the 1990s.
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And this is assuming he gets steady wage increases over the years.
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Though treated to a free lunch that day, they did not receive their expected wage increase.
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But what good are wage increases if one cannot spend money?
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What gave rise to these improvements and the wage increases just noted?
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Meanwhile, low domestic consumption in the late 1980s and modest wage increases contributed to low inflation.
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The private sector, in turn, used the government's pay adjustments as benchmarks in making wage increases.
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Under strong employment conditions, wage increases have a positive function: they help redirect production in ways that economize on scarce labor.
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While emphasizing discipline and productivity, the government often criticized TUC demands for wage increases.
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The factory workers received a wage increase that improved their standard of living.
Synonyms
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1.9
An increase in amount or value
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3.5
An increase in the money you earn at your job
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3.6
A sudden large rise in prices like fuel or rent
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2.4
Extra money paid to a person for their job
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3.0
An increase in the pay workers get for doing a job
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4.7
An agreement for an employer to raise workers' pay after talks
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Morphology
The meaning 'an increase in pay' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'wage' (payment to a worker) with 'increase' (a growth or rise). This noun-noun/word + noun composition is a common, cross-linguistically regular pattern and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Wage increase joins the word wage meaning money paid for work and increase meaning a rise. Imagine coins piling up higher or a paycheck getting taller, so it means 'more money for workers'.