wage hike

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• wage hike — noun the amount a salary is increased he got a 3% raise he got a wage hike • Syn: ↑raise, ↑rise, ↑hike, ↑wage increase, ↑salary increase • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Hike — Hike, n. 1. The act of hiking. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure or exercise; a tramp; a march. [WordNet sense 1] [PJC] With every hike there s a few laid out with their hands crossed. Scribner s Mag. [Webster… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hike — ▪ I. hike hike 1 [haɪk] noun [countable] informal a large increase in prices, taxes, or interest rate S: hike in • The government is proposing massive hikes in taxation …   Financial and business terms

• wage increase — noun the amount a salary is increased he got a 3% raise he got a wage hike • Syn: ↑raise, ↑rise, ↑wage hike, ↑hike, ↑salary increase • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• hike — 01. We were [hiking] along the coast when we saw a bear. 02. They [hiked] through the hills for about three hours. 03. There were lots of [hikers] on the trails today. 04. The bank has [hiked] interest rates by almost a full percentage point. 05 …   Grammatical examples in English

• hike — I. verb (hiked; hiking) Etymology: perhaps akin to 1hitch Date: 1809 intransitive verb 1. a. to go on a hike b. to travel by any means 2. to rise up; especially to work upward out of place …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hike — [[t]haɪk[/t]] v. hiked, hik•ing, n. 1) to walk or march a great distance, esp. through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, etc 2) to move up or rise out of place or position (often fol. by up): My shirt hikes up if I don t… …   From formal English to slang

• hike — hike1 [haık] n 1.) a long walk in the mountains or countryside ▪ a hike in the woods 2.) especially AmE informal a large increase in prices, wages, taxes etc = ↑rise hike in ▪ The president has proposed a hike in the minimum wage. price/rate/tax… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wage — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (also wages) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ competitive (esp. AmE), decent, fair, good, high ▪ inadequate, low, meagre/meager (esp …   Collocations dictionary

• Minimum wage — A minimum wage is the lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers. Equivalently, it is the lowest wage at which workers may sell their labour. Although minimum wage laws are in effect in a great many… …   Wikipedia

• Price/wage spiral — In macroeconomics, the price/wage spiral (also called the wage/price spiral) represents a vicious circle process in which different sides of the wage bargain try to keep up with inflation to protect real incomes. This process in turn is one cause …   Wikipedia