Meanings
nounpay cut (plural pay cuts)
plural pay cuts
- businessA reduction in salary or wages.
I'm not suggesting across-the-board pay cuts (even I'm not that extremist), but I am suggesting that a three-year pay freeze for all staff above the living wage level should be considered.
2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 25
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish palkanalennus
- palkanalennusTranslations
German Lohnkürzung, Gehaltskürzung
- LohnkürzungTranslations
- GehaltskürzungTranslations
Romanian reducere de salariu
- reducere de salariuTranslations
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APA
pay cut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pay%20cut
MLA
“pay cut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pay%20cut. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pay cut,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pay%20cut.
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