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Discover LudwigThe phrase "accepted pay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a salary or wage that has been agreed upon or approved for a job or service.
Example: "After reviewing the contract, I was satisfied with the accepted pay for the position."
Alternatives: "agreed compensation" or "approved salary".
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Pilots and flight attendants had earlier accepted pay cuts.
One foundation trust's top brass accepted pay rises of up to 30% in one year.
Many workers accepted pay freezes (and, in some cases, pay cuts) as the price of keeping their position.
In the downturn, they accepted pay cuts and wage freezes as the price of keeping their jobs.
Even more sobering is another statistic: more than half of the newly re-employed had accepted pay cuts, and more than a third had changed careers.
IG Metall has agreed to company-level exceptions from industry-wide wage deals, and Verdi has accepted pay for performance for civil servants.
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At times he accepted pay-offs to end his competition; and he paid at least one rival, Daniel Drew, to do the same.
A veteran city official admitted yesterday in State Supreme Court that he accepted paid trips from contractors doing business with Buffalo.
Mr. Formigoni is under investigation on the accusation that he accepted paid vacations and yacht trips from a health care lobbyist.
In 2008, Ken Silverstein, the Washington editor of Harper's magazine, disclosed on his Washington Babylon blog that Mr. Broder had accepted paid speaking engagements that violated Washington Post ethics guidelines.
Payment by check made payable to the City of Cambridge is accepted; paying with cash may necessitate a separate trip to City Hall.
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