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RATE OF PAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rate of pay mean? 

RATE OF PAY (noun)
  The noun RATE OF PAY has 1 sense:

1. amount of money received per unit timeplay

  Familiarity information: RATE OF PAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RATE OF PAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Amount of money received per unit time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

pay rate; rate of pay

Context example:

women's pay rate is lower than men's

Hypernyms ("rate of pay" is a kind of...):

charge per unit; rate (amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rate of pay"):

time and a half (a rate of pay that is 1.5 times the regular rate; for overtime work)


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