RATE OF PAY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Amount of money received per unit time

Example:

women's pay rate is lower than men's

Synonyms:

pay rate; rate of pay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

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)