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 Translation for 'wage cut' from English to Portuguese
NOUN   a wage cut | wage cuts
corte {m} salarialwage cut
Partial Matches
ordenado {m}wage
salário {m}wage
demanda {f} de saláriowage demand
cortarto cut
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amputarto cut off
encurtarto cut off
cortarto cut off
jogos
cortar o baralho
to cut the cards
jogos
cortar as cartas
to cut the cards
navalha {f} [para barbear](cut throat) razor
Seja breve!Cut it short! [coll.]
Deixa disso!Cut it out! [coll.]
Para com isso!Cut it out! [coll.]
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Usage Examples English
  • By June the demand for coal began to increase, and some operators decided to pay the workers their original salaries before the wage cut.
  • Stenson notes that although the reduction in worker days lost in Malaya—713,000 in 1946 down to 512,000 in 1947—does not seem dramatic, many of the days lost in the latter period were in wildcat strikes, presumably not under MCP direction, by the Chinese tappers who had suffered the 20 per cent wage cut.
  • In 2007, the interim government instituted a 5 percent across-the-board wage cut for all public employees.
  • The strike in 1893 was the result of a 25% wage cut by the mine owners which was eventually restored but not before two miners were killed by soldiers at Featherstone.
  • In 2007, after having his wage cut by half and thus forcing a release from América, Valencia moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Atlético Paranense on a free transfer, along with fellow countryman and teammate Julián Viáfara.

  • Jaszczun rejoined The Poppies for a second spell in May 2010 as a player coach. After just six months Jaszczun quit the club after he was asked to take a wage cut.
  • After finishing his first full Bradford season with three goals in 24 games he was offered a new one-year contract by the club and, despite it necessitating a wage cut, he agreed to it in June.
  • When management demanded a 23% wage cut from the workers they decided to begin the strike.
  • The rating as landsman is anomalously low for a skilled sailor (and would mean a wage cut of nearly 50% for a former top-captain), but the ranking of crew members was controlled by the first lieutenant, and a highly qualified recruit might be assigned this rank due to a clash of personalities, or simply if the officer had no personal knowledge of their true skill level.
  • Is the mere threat of replacement sufficient to get workers to accept a wage cut or does the employer have to demonstrate this is not an empty threat?

  • The workers have alleged that Crown is bargaining in bad faith by offering a 42%, $9 hourly wage cut, and a 5-year pension freeze, among other concessions.
  • His contract with ITV came an end on 20 April 2014. However, he signed a new contract to purely host ITV's football coverage. The new contract included a wage cut of £1 million per year.
  • When the Depression struck and the demand for hats collapsed Keir's proposal (democratically endorsed) of a 10 per cent wage cut for all employees avoided any reduction in numbers.
  • Players were asked to take a wage cut, leading to the departure of Trevor Robins, Mike Bishop, Mark Kolesar, Eric Dubios and record goalscorer Paul Adey.
  • The company turned to a general wage cut of 10 to 40% to bolster profitability in 1924.

  • In January 1886, the Cigar Manufacturers' Association of New York City announced a 20 percent wage cut in factories around the city.
  • CAI improved their offer by decreasing the wage cut for the crew, and also the number of layoffs.
  • An 1849 strike over a 15% wage cut ended after three weeks when workers feared losing their jobs to replacements that Olmstead had advertised for, but the company failed in 1851.
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