high-paying
adjective
HR,WORKPLACEukusused todescribeworkfor whichpeopleearna lot ofmoney:
Thecountygained180high-payingjobswhen twodefensecontractorsexpandedtheirlocalplantsthere.
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Respondents in low-paying areas were, however, slightly less satisfied than respondents inhigh-payingareas.
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We thought these would be civilised,high-paying, full-employment industries which would help to remove the scars of the past.
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However, it may pay and benefit the users on that limited number ofhigh-payingexpress routes.
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The result of applying the percentage reduction across the board will be thathigh-payinglocal authority areas will pay less in pounds and pence than low-paying ones.
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In other words, under a low inflation-tax rate, the effect would be to raise labour costs for thehigh-payingfirms without reducing costs for the low payers.
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I suspect that, whether we want to or not, in the 1990s we shall compete withhigh-payingemployers for a more limited range of people with much-desired specialities.
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The high participation rate stems from the relatively young population, much of which was attracted by the area'shigh-payingoil and gas industry.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Another study examined how the scarcity of men may lead women to seekhigh-payingcareers and to delay starting a family.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Honkala has had many offers of employment to help homeless people, some of themhigh-paying, and has turned them all down.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He takes on ahigh-payingexperiment to test a drug that enhances the five senses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This strategy involves choosing to work inhigh-payingcareers with the explicit goal of donating large sums of money to charity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has been used as a luxury home/hospitality centre forhigh-payingguests due to the privacy it offers with an indoor swimming pool and two helipads.
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- improbability
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