pay rise

noun

An increase in salary or wages.

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Meanings

nounpay rise (plural pay rises)

plural pay rises · alternative payrise

  1. AustraliaCanadaIrelandUKsometimesrest of CommonwealthAn increase in salary or wages.

    Whelan called the offer "risible", describing it as a "land grab for all the terms and conditions we have negotiating over the years". He demanded a no-strings pay offer that recognises the "significant cost of living increases" since the last pay rise in 2019.

    2024 May 1, Mel Holley, “Network News: New action from ASLEF to hit Bank Holiday services”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 14

    Synonyms: raise, pay raise

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn increase in salary or wages.

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raisepay raise
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raise

Translations

Arabic زِيَادَة فِي المُرَتَّب
  • زِيَادَة فِي المُرَتَّبincrease in pay
Catalan augment de sou
  • augment de souincrease in pay
Chinese Mandarin 加薪, 漲工資 /涨工资
  • 加薪 (jiāxīn)increase in pay
  • 漲工資 /涨工资 (zhǎng gōngzī)increase in pay
  • 漲薪 /涨薪 (zhǎngxīn)increase in pay
Danish lønforhøjelse
  • lønforhøjelseincrease in pay
Dutch loonsverhoging, salarisverhoging
  • loonsverhogingincrease in pay
  • salarisverhogingincrease in pay
Finnish palkankorotus, yleiskorotus
  • palkankorotusincrease in pay
  • yleiskorotusincrease in pay
French augmentation de salaire
  • augmentation de salaireincrease in pay
German Gehaltserhöhung, Lohnerhöhung
  • Gehaltserhöhungincrease in pay
  • Lohnerhöhungincrease in pay
Indonesian kenaikan gaji
  • kenaikan gajiincrease in pay
Italian aumento di stipendio
  • aumento di stipendioincrease in pay
Polish podwyżka
  • podwyżkaincrease in pay
Portuguese aumento de salário
  • aumento de salárioincrease in pay
Romanian mărire de salariu
  • mărire de salariuincrease in pay
Russian повыше́ние зарпла́ты
  • повыше́ние зарпла́ты (povyšénije zarpláty)increase in pay
Spanish aumento de sueldo
  • aumento de sueldoincrease in pay
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APA

pay rise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pay%20rise

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“pay rise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pay%20rise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pay rise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pay%20rise.

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