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WAGE INCREASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wage increase mean?
• WAGE INCREASE (noun)
The noun WAGE INCREASE has 1 sense:
1. the amount a salary is increased
Familiarity information: WAGE INCREASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The amount a salary is increased
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
hike; raise; rise; salary increase; wage hike; wage increase
Context example:
he got a wage hike
Hypernyms ("wage increase" is a kind of...):
increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)
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