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wage restraint
noun [C or U] (also pay restraint) ECONOMICSDefinition
› the act of reducing the rate of increase in the amount that workers earn, or something that is done to achieve this reduction: Economists predict wage restraint will keep inflation low for some time.
(Definition of wage restraint noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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