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The polite word for finally being paid what you were worth all along.
means To raise is to lift something to a higher position, level, or amount — including, when it comes to wages, the increase in pay you receive.
from From Old Norse 'reisa,' meaning to make rise or set upright — a cousin of English 'rise' and 'rear.' Vikings brought it across the North Sea, where it took root in English as the workaday word for lifting things up: a barn, a glass, a child, and eventually a salary.
- average size
- Typical US raise barely outruns inflation
- job-hop edge
- Switching jobs often beats staying put for pay
- poker meaning
- Same word means betting more to scare you
- ask gap
- People who ask get raises far more often
great raise of 1666 — london rebuilt after great fire, raising street levels by up to 2 feet to improve drainage
raise act 1775 — british parliament's tax on american colonies that triggered revolutionary war resistance
minimum wage raise 2023 — california increased minimum wage to $16/hour on january 1, 2024