pay increase

This page is about the collocation pay increase

collocation pattern: noun + noun

Meaning

an increase in the amount of money paid as a wage or salary

For example

  • Don't you think it's time we had a pay increase?

  • Pay increases haven't kept up with inflation, so real earnings have declined.

Note:
Also "pay rise" (Br English) and "pay raise" (Am English)

Quick Quiz

After getting a pay increase, the workers

a. were paid more money

b. had to pay more money

c. had to pay more workers
a) were paid more money b) had to pay more money c) had to pay more workers

Contributor: Matt Errey