wage hike

collocation in English

meaningsofwageandhike

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wage
noun[S]
uk
/weɪdʒ/us
/weɪdʒ/
a particular amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee, especially one who does work that needs physical skills or strength, rather than a job needing a ...
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hike
noun[C]
uk
/haɪk/us
/haɪk/
a long walk, especially in ...
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(Definition ofwageandhikefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He seems to have understood that hiswagehikehad to be quite large if it was to be perceived as a gift.
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In addition, the "casus belli" of the expropriation was awagehikeof 26 million pesos.
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In fact, in the aftermath, not only was the promisedwagehikepostponed indefinitely, wages were actually cut.
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Some believe it was a bad time to demand awagehike, because the economy hadn't yet fully recovered from the downturn.
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In addition to retaining the cost-of-living wage increase, workers would get an across-the-board 2.2 percentwagehike.
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But when the new union demanded a massivewagehikein 1910, the union was forced to strike.
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The group also pointed out that thewagehikewould act as a counterbalance to the coming state tax increase for gas and diesel.
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They protested over immediate or relatively shortterm issues like ad hoc demands over wage hikes, holidays, dismissals or restoration of allowances.
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Throughout the post-war years such moderate wage hikes as the workers obtained set the patrons clamouring for higher prices; grudging price rises encouraged the workers to press for higher wages.
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In practice, this translated to opposing minimum wage hikes on the theory that they would reduce employment.
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Organized sectors of the economy received wage hikes even greater than the economy's growth rate.
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The basic conundrum is simple: employees want higher salaries, employers want no wage hikes.
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The higher profits earned and retained by enterprises were passed on to workers, in many cases, in the form of wage hikes, bonuses, and higher subsidies.
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Samant enjoyed success in organizing strikes and winning substantial wage hikes from companies.
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