strike pay
noun [U]Definition
› money that is paid to people involved in a strike by their union from an amount of money saved specially for this purposeIndustrial actionEarning money and money earned
(Definition of strike pay noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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strike noun (STOP WORK)
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strike on/upon sth phrasal verb
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strike out (somewhere) phrasal verb
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strike out phrasal verb (FAIL)
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strike out phrasal verb (START)
- strike pay noun
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strike sb down phrasal verb
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strike sb off (sth) phrasal verb
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strike sth down phrasal verb
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strike sth out/through phrasal verb
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strike up (sth) phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- blackleg noun
- cooling-off period noun
- demarcation dispute noun
- direct action noun
- down tools idiom
- job action noun
- lightning strike noun
- lock sb out phrasal verb (STOP WORKING)
- picket line noun
- picket noun
- stoppage noun (NOT WORKING)
- strike noun (STOP WORK)
- strike verb (STOP WORK)
- strikebound adjective
- strikebreaker noun
- striker noun (STOP WORK)
- sympathy noun (SUPPORT)
- walk out phrasal verb (STOP WORK)
- walkout noun
- wildcat strike noun
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