pay claim
noun [C] UKDefinition
› a demand for an increase in pay: As expected, management said the workers' pay claim was too high.Making appeals and requestsEarning money and money earnedIndustrial action
(Definition of pay claim noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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