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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a cut in pay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in salary or wages, often in the context of employment or financial discussions.
Example: "Due to the company's financial struggles, employees were informed of a cut in pay effective next month."
Alternatives: "a salary reduction" or "a pay decrease."
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Bankers have earned themselves a cut in pay.
It was not immediately known whether those who changed assignments would face a cut in pay.
She quit five years ago to work at Costco, taking a cut in pay.
"Even if I work for this, I'm taking a cut in pay," he said.
The main squeeze thus far has been experienced as a cut in pay, pensions and conditions.
"But," Ms. Rosenstein added, "furloughs are fundamentally a cut in pay.
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However, it is a cut in "deferred pay" rather than take-home pay, so people feel it less forcefully.
It doesn't provide for a cut in CEO pay or a raise in employee pay.
The budget put off until the next legislature a cut in the pay of Italy's parliamentarians, by some distance the best paid in Europe.
And last year some graduate teachers faced a cut in their pay of nearly 22% for doing the same type of teaching assignment that they did the year before.
This was true; when I was hired full-time six months later, I had to take a cut in hourly pay.
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