strike pay — ➔ pay1 * * * strike pay UK US noun [U] HR, WORKPLACE ► money paid by a trade union to its members when they are on strike and not being paid by their company: »Workers receive $200 a week in strike pay if they take shifts on the picket line … Financial and business terms
strike pay — n [U] money paid by a union to workers who are on ↑strike … Dictionary of contemporary English
strike pay — strike ,pay noun uncount money paid to workers by their union during a STRIKE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
strike pay — noun money paid to strikers from union funds • Hypernyms: ↑wage, ↑pay, ↑earnings, ↑remuneration, ↑salary * * * noun see strike benefit * * * strike pay noun An allowance paid b … Useful english dictionary
strike pay dirt — hit/strike/pay dirt informal phrase to get or find something valuable or useful He hit pay dirt with his new invention. Thesaurus: to get something or someonesynonym … Useful english dictionary
strike pay dirt — ► hit (or strike) pay dirt N. Amer. informal find or reach a source of profit. [ORIGIN: from pay dirt in the sense «ground containing a profitable amount of ore».] Main Entry: ↑pay … English terms dictionary
strike pay dirt — If you strike pay dirt, you are lucky and suddenly find yourself in a successful money making situation. Charlie finally struck pay dirt with his latest invention … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
strike pay dirt — hit/strike pay dirt American & Australian to achieve or discover something important or valuable. She finally hit pay dirt with her third novel which quickly became a best seller … New idioms dictionary
strike pay — /ˈstraɪk peɪ/ (say struyk pay) noun an allowance paid by a trade union to members on strike. Also, strike benefit …
strike pay. — See strike benefit. [1875 80] * * * … Universalium
