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Discover LudwigThe phrase "lesser pay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where one salary or wage is lower than another, often in a comparative context.
Example: "Many employees are unhappy with the lesser pay they receive compared to their counterparts in other departments."
Alternatives: "lower pay" or "reduced salary".
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The soldiers didn't strike, but nearly to a man, they refused to accept the lesser pay.
"We share the faults and failings of society in a broader way: fewer opportunities for women, lesser pay, less respect.
The same employers will hire a few more high-income employees at lesser pay, because for those employees, the alternative is a no-coverage employer.
Payton, a seven-time All-Star who won two Olympic gold medals, passed up the chance to go to the highest bidder and instead opted for the lesser pay from the Lakers.
In the past, these jobs were reserved for coaches willing to take lesser pay for more job security.
You would do the same if the Chinese came to steal your press job for lesser pay.
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Thus, the new "marriage" of patriarchal capitalism operates to relegate women to unpaid or lesser paid caring labor, whether in the household or in wage labor, thus keeping women by and large unequal to men.
Among the lesser paid, Milwaukee center fielder Marquis Grissom Marquis Grissom had just 209 total bases, almost never walked, struck out a lot and scored an FTPN of 345.
But because Piedmont workers are now organized into a union, not only will Piedmont working conditions improve, but unionized US Airways employees will no longer be threatened by having work shifted to lesser paid Piedmont employees.
And certain issues are simply more important to television writers -- issues like increases in the contract's basic minimums, increases in residuals on foreign sales and cable television, and the disparity in residuals paid on the major networks and the lesser amounts paid by the Fox Television Network.
Prosecutors said the day's testimony demonstrated that the Gold Club was in effect a house of prostitution that used free sex to draw in athletes, and the high-profile presence of athletes to draw in lesser but paying customers.
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