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| actual wage n | (prevailing salary) | salaire réel nm |
annual wage,
annual salary,
annual pay,
annual wages n | (money paid per year) | salaire annuel nm |
| base wage n | (basic pay level) | salaire de base nm |
| | The base wage for this job is low, but as you gain experience your pay will be increased. |
| basic wage n | (base level of pay) | salaire de base nm |
| | Minimum wage is the basic wage set by the government. |
| gross wage n | (pay before tax) | rémunération brute nf |
| guaranteed annual wage n | (law: minimum income promised) | salaire annuel garanti nm |
| hourly wage n | (money earned per hour) | salaire horaire, salaire à l'heure nm |
| living wage n | (sufficient earnings to live on) | salaire décent nm |
| | | de quoi vivre expr |
| | This company doesn't even pay its employees a living wage. |
| | Les salariés de cette entreprise ne perçoivent même pas un salaire décent. |
| | Cette compagnie donne à ses employés tout juste de quoi vivre. |
| low wage n | (small amount of remuneration) | bas salaire nm |
| low-wage adj | (receiving, paying a low wage) (travailleur) | peu payé loc adj |
| | (travail) | peu rémunéré loc adj |
| | (pays, économie) | où les salaires sont bas loc adj |
| minimum wage n | (lowest hourly earnings permitted by law) | salaire minimum nm |
| | (France, équivalent) | SMIC nm inv |
| | Many people are obliged to work for less than the minimum wage. |
| | De nombreuses personnes sont obligées de travailler pour moins que le salaire minimum. |
| | De nombreuses personnes sont obligées de travailler pour moins que le SMIC. |
| minimum-wage law n | (law governing minimum earnings) | loi sur le salaire minimum nf |
| | Many conservatives find any minimum-wage law reprehensible. |
| | Plusieurs conservateurs trouvent répréhensible la loi sur le salaire minimum. |
| sticky wage n | (salary that does not vary) | salaire fixe nm |
| wage and hour laws npl | (regulations on working pay and conditions) | droit salarial nm |
| wage bargaining n | (salary negotiations) | négociations salariales nfpl |
| wage ceiling n | (maximum possible pay) | plafonnement des salaires nm |
| wage dispute n | (disagreement on salary) | conflit salarial nm |
| wage earner n | (person who works to support family) | salarié, salariée nm, nf |
| | (pour subvenir à sa famille) | soutien de famille nm |
| | The husband is the traditional wage earner in the family. |
| | Le mari est le soutien de famille traditionnel d'une famille. |
| wage freeze n | (earnings fixed at current amount) | gel des salaires nm |
| | Management imposed a wage freeze for the year. |
| wage increase n | (pay raise) | augmentation de salaire nf |
wage labor (US),
wage labour (UK) n | (paid work done for an employer) | travail salarié nm |
| wage packet n | figurative (regular pay from an employer) | paie, paye nf |
| Note: paie [pε], paye [pεj] |
| wage rate n | (pay per unit of time) | taux de rémunération, taux de salaire nm |
| wage restraint n | (business: no large increases) | restriction salariale nf |
| | | modération des salaires nf |
| wage rise n | colloquial (increase in salary) | augmentation de salaire nf |
| wage scale n | (salary range) | échelle des salaires nm |
| | Chaque convention collective comprend une échelle des salaires. |
| wage slip n | (summary of salary payments) | fiche de paie nf |
| | | bulletin de paie nm |
| wage tier n | (salary level or range) | tranche salariale nf |
| wage war vtr + n | (make war: engage in warfare) | faire la guerre loc v |
| | (entre 2 camps) | se faire la guerre loc v |
| | After a decade of waging war, even the country's bellicose leaders were beginning to long for peace. |
| wage war on [sb/sth] v expr | (launch an attack) | faire la guerre à [qqn] loc v + prép |
| | | partir en guerre contre [qqn/qch] loc v + prép |
| | The Vikings waged war on coastal villages and monasteries. |
| wage war on [sth] v expr | figurative (attack) (figuré) | partir en guerre contre [qch] loc v + prép |
| | | s'attaquer à v pron + prép |
| | Cameron waged war on Brown's new economic policies. |