Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pay rise
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And who wants spotty people deciding anyone's pay rise?
▪ Chairman Stanley Metcalfe also saw his pay rise by 17.4 percent to £142,000.
▪ Directors gave themselves an average five percent pay rise in the past year, according to a survey yesterday.
▪ Funding the pay rise will be more difficult and we fear that hard-pressed services will suffer further.
▪ If the Government wanted to give teachers more, then why didn't it simply give them a pay rise?
▪ Nurses lodge 10 Nurses are on a collision course with the Government after lodging a claim for a ten percent pay rise.
▪ Pro-active means giving your employees a pay rise before the unions demand it.
Usage examples of "pay rise".
We had two months of hurricanes last time they were angling for a pay rise .
We had two months of hurricanes last time they were angling for a pay rise….
You can indulge your good resolution and give everybody a pay rise and I'll be top man again.