pay freeze

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• pay freeze — also wage freeze ➔ freeze2 * * * pay freeze UK US noun [C] (also salary freeze, wage freeze) ► HR, WORKPLACE a situation in which a company stops increasing employees pay because of financial difficulties …   Financial and business terms

• freeze — ▪ I. freeze freeze 1 [friːz] verb froze PASTTENSE [frəʊz ǁ froʊz] frozen PASTPART [ˈfrəʊzn ǁ ˈfroʊ ] 1. [transitive] COMMERCE …   Financial and business terms

• pay — pay1 [ peı ] (present participle paying; past tense and past participle paid [ peıd ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to give money in order to buy something: pay for: Let me pay for dinner. pay someone for something: Can I pay you for …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pay */*/*/ — I UK [peɪ] / US verb Word forms pay : present tense I/you/we/they pay he/she/it pays present participle paying past tense paid UK [peɪd] / US past participle paid Get it right: pay: The verb pay is never followed by a direct object that refers to …   English dictionary

• freeze — verb (past froze; past participle frozen) 1》 (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.     ↘become or cause to become blocked or rigid with ice. 2》 be or cause to be very cold.… …   English new terms dictionary

• pay board — pay board, U.S. a board or council responsible for setting standards for wage and salary increases, especially to curb or control inflation: »The 90 day freeze…was succeeded by an indefinite period of control exercised by a tripartite pay board… …   Useful english dictionary

• pay pause — pay pause, British. wage freeze …   Useful english dictionary

• freeze — freeze1 [fri:z] v past tense froze [frəuz US frouz] past participle frozen [ˈfrəuzən US ˈfrou ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(liquid)¦ 2¦(food)¦ 3¦(machine/engine)¦ 4¦(weather)¦ 5¦(feel cold)¦ 6¦(wages/prices)¦ 7¦(money/property)¦ 8¦(stop moving)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• freeze — I UK [friːz] / US [frɪz] verb Word forms freeze : present tense I/you/we/they freeze he/she/it freezes present participle freezing past tense froze UK [frəʊz] / US [froʊz] past participle frozen UK [ˈfrəʊz(ə)n] / US [ˈfroʊz(ə)n] ** 1)… …   English dictionary

• freeze — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 putting a particular level on sth ADJECTIVE ▪ immediate ▪ complete, total (esp. BrE) ▪ a complete freeze on emissions ▪ hiring (esp. AmE) …   Collocations dictionary

• freeze — freeze1 [ friz ] (past tense froze [ frouz ] ; past participle frozen [ frouzn ] ) verb ** ▸ 1 when liquid turns solid ▸ 2 preserve by making cold ▸ 3 feel extremely cold ▸ 4 weather: reach 0°C ▸ 5 stop moving/working ▸ 6 stop officially ▸ 7 stop …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English