pay parity

collocation in English

meaningsofpayandparity

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pay
noun[U]
uk
/peɪ/
us
/peɪ/
the money you receive for doing ...
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parity
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpær.ə.ti/
us
/ˈper.ə.t̬i/
equality, especially of pay ...
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(Definition ofpayandparityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpay parity

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Payparitywith other professional groups was seen as one means of acknowledging the value of the role.
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Payparityfor all races has now been achieved in the medical and teaching professions, for example.
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I understand that in 1985 speech therapists made a formal claim forpayparitywith other graduate professions.
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It was the 1986 salaried structure which raised the myth aboutpayparitywith the fire service and the call for a pay formula.
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The management side has already undertaken to examine jointly with the staff side the arguments which bear upon the claim forpayparity.
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It has, however, undertaken to examine jointly with the staff side the arguments which bear on the question ofpayparitywith other graduate professions.
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From that date new towns staff will havepayparitywith local government officers of similar grades.
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I refer to thepayparityarrangements.
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In most of the banks in this country there is a measure ofpayparitybetween men and women on the clerical scales in the early stages.
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Increasingly,payparityis a growth area.
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