单词 | pay pause |
释义 | > as lemmaspay pause pay pause n. = pay freeze n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > wage structures and scales > [noun] > wage policy > no increase > period of pay freeze1950 pay pause1961 1961 Times 2 Aug. 8/1 (headline) Grossly unfair pay pause say civil servants. 1977 Evening Post (Nottingham) 27 Jan. 5/1 When the pay pause was relaxed for doctors earning over £8,000, it was decided not to pay the increment for another year. 1990 D. Kavanagh Thatcherism & Brit. Politics (ed. 2) ii. 48 Incomes policies as an answer to wage-induced inflation arrived on the agenda in 1961 with Selwyn Lloyd's ‘pay pause’. < as lemmas |
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