better-paying
adjective[before noun]
ukusused todescribeworkwithhigherpaythan otherwork:
Manyyoungprofessionalsaremovingtobetter-payingjobsin otherstates.
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better-paying
This official may immediately leave her current institution and take up employment at thebetter-payingone.
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Yet older people do not expect the younger generation, including their own children, to want to work for the state, rather than better-run andbetter-payingprivate companies.
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In addition, he wanted to break intobetter-payingmarkets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Young people started moving away to seekbetter-payingopportunities elsewhere, eventually followed by their parents.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the 19th century, the town lost population as farmers moved to work inbetter-payingfactories.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It turned out to be better andbetter-payingwork for both.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.So innovative and exciting was this project that some of the musicians turned down an offer to play on another,better-payingrecording just a few miles away.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Higher attendance rates of high schools and university education among women, particularly in developing countries, have helped them make inroads to professional careers withbetter-payingsalaries and wages.
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