pay cut

Thân thiện

The manager announced a pay cut for the department.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A reduction in the amount of money an employee earns: A "pay cut" is a formal decrease in an employee's salary or wages, typically implemented by an employer.

Usage

• A "pay cut" is a countable noun. It is typically used in professional, business, or economic contexts.
• It often follows verbs like , , , , or .
• It can be described with adjectives like , , , or .

Examples

• Noun:
  • To avoid layoffs, the employees agreed to a 10% pay cut.
  • The struggling company announced a series of pay cuts for its senior management.
  • She had to take a pay cut when she changed careers.

Advanced Usage

• "across-the-board pay cut": A reduction in pay that applies to all employees in a company or department equally.
  • The financial crisis forced the firm to implement an across-the-board pay cut.

Variants and Related Words

• Salary reduction (n): A more formal synonym for "pay cut."
• Wage cut (n): Often used interchangeably with "pay cut," though "wage" can specifically refer to hourly or weekly pay.
• Pay freeze (n): A situation where salaries are not increased, though not technically reduced.
• Pay cut can be hyphenated when used as a compound modifier before a noun, e.g., .

Synonyms

• Salary cut
• Wage reduction
• Decrease in pay

Antonyms

• Pay raise
• Salary increase
• Bonus

Related Phrases

• To take a pay cut: To voluntarily or reluctantly accept a reduction in salary.
  • He took a pay cut to work for a non-profit organization he believed in.
• To impose/enforce a pay cut: For management to officially implement a reduction in pay.
  • The board voted to impose a pay cut on all staff earning above a certain threshold.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of reducing a salary

Từ đồng nghĩa

• salary cut