pay cut
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2.8
- noun
- /peɪ kʌt/
:
recorte salarial
- And I have to handle a 30% pay cut.
- take a pay cut
- percent pay cut
No prosecutions, no pay cuts, no penalties.
- No prosecutions, no pay cuts, no penalties.
- How can I pursue my dream job if it involves taking a pay cut?
- We got a tour in the band and that was like a big pay cut to like, you know, pursue music and tour.
- And you know, as a result, everyone in our company had to take pay cuts.
- And when I first transitioned from awareness to Quest, I took a massive pay cut.
- Nobody's going to really come to you and force you to take a pay cut.
- It was a long story, but I was willing to take a pay cut, but I wasn't willing to refund the dough because I had earned my dough in trying to service what they wanted.
- I took a stupefying pay cut to work for the bank, but I did it as a labor of love because I'm here to serve and, and it was a great experience.
- His dad took a huge pay cut as an operations SVP to be the first SVP operations at he was right.
Examples
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Many of the employees took pay cuts and fronted money for supplies during this time.
Academic text (1999) -
Over a million key workers face a real terms pay cut next year.
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I took a pay cut to see if I have what it takes to produce.
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The majority of the players have to take a pay cut to come play in this league.
Blog text (5) -
All their union had to do was take an 8% pay cut to still have a job.
Blog text (11) -
Because the reality is that over half of teachers are getting another real terms pay cut next year.
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Most of the people left took a huge pay cut and are working three positions.
Blog text (13) -
Many of the students also took considerable pay cuts to return to school.
Academic text (2009) -
"In spite of the pay cuts, our members remain stoic and are getting on with the job," she says.
Academic text (2010) -
To save money, I took a pay cut of around 10 percent a while back.
Synonyms
2
3.4
A smaller amount of pay that a worker receives
Antonyms
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a reduction in salary' is directly and compositionally derived from 'pay' (salary) + 'cut' (a reduction), so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE. This noun–noun combination and the concept of salary reduction is common across many languages, making it readily understandable at B1 level.
Etymology
The phrase pay cut uses the word cut like scissors taking away part of your pay, so imagine money being sliced off. That's why a pay cut means 'less pay' or 'a smaller salary'.