pay cut

collocation in English

meaningsofpayandcut

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pay
noun[U]
uk
/peɪ/us
/peɪ/
the money you receive for doing ...
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cut
noun
uk
/kʌt/us
/kʌt/
an injury made when the skin is cut with ...
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(Definition ofpayandcutfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpay cut

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As a result, employees will suffer apaycut.
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Many private sector employees have experienced a pay freeze or apaycut.
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The directors of his company have even taken apaycut.
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As a result, many women had theirpaycutin absolute terms.
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Otherwise, they will be enforcing apaycutfor low-paid workers.
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Individuals will face the choice of accepting apaycutor signing a new personal contract.
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It was not merely a cut in real terms, but an actualpaycut.
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Everyone, from the chief executive right down to the cleaner, took apaycut.
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Many people have taken apaycutto keep their businesses going.
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Therefore, they are being squeezed far more than if they were experiencing apaycut.
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Asked whether state workers should be given a 10%paycut, 44% said yes, while 38% oppose apaycut.
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I lost all my privileges, incarcerated for 23 hours a day, and mypaycutby half for five weeks.
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It would also impose costs of £20,000 million on industry, as well as a compulsorypaycutof £20,000 million.
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Are they seriously going to go into the next election promising apaycutto 2 million workers?
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They tell me that single men in particular have suffered apaycutof between £20 and £30 a month.
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They told workers that they would need to accept apaycutand give up all their fringe benefits.
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Why should they not have a little extra pay, instead of having theirpaycutdown as they do now?
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What party builds a future for the national health service on a real-termspaycutfor nurses—and, furthermore, a real-terms pay cut for doctors of 31 per cent?
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The striking players eventually agreed to take apaycut.
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Staff were also told about a thirdpaycut.
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In 1986 the musicians agreed to a 20%paycut.
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He also would have taken apaycut.
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One matter that has not been mentioned much is the public sector pay freeze, which is actually a public sectorpaycut.
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In my understanding, it would mean that most people should take a fairly substantialpaycutin order to clear the market of unemployment.
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