44.9. gy. B1 (példák)

pay verb /peɪ/ *(paid, paid) 2 fizet, fizetést ad (munkáért) [I or T]

She gets paid twice a month.

Accountancy may be boring but at least it pays well.

Most of these women are very poorly paid and work in terrible conditions.

quit verb /kwɪt/ *(quitting, quit, quit) 1 otthagy (munkahelyet); távozik (munkahelyről) [I or T]

I hated the work so much that I quit.

Would you quit your job if you inherited lots of money?

retire verb /rɪˈtaɪər/ [I] nyugdíjba megy; visszavonul (állásból/tisztségből)

She retired from the company in 2007.

He is due to retire as chief executive next year.

pay noun /peɪ/ [U] fizetés (munkáért kapott pénz)

Have you had a pay rise recently?

It's a nice job but the pay is appalling.

salary noun /ˈsæl.ər.i/ [C or U] (havi fix) fizetés

an annual salary of £20 000

His net monthly salary is £1500.

She's on quite a good/decent salary in her present job.

He took a drop in salary when he changed jobs.

a 10% salary increase

strike noun /straɪk/ [C or U] sztrájk

The city's bus drivers have been on strike for three weeks.

a teachers' strike

unemployment noun /ˌʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/ [U] munkanélküliség

a rise/fall in unemployment

Unemployment has fallen/risen again for the third month in a row.

wage noun /weɪdʒ/ [no plural] also: wages bér, munkabér, fizetés

weekly wages

He earns/gets good wages at the factory.

a very low/high wage

the minimum wage

an hourly/daily/weekly wage

part-time adjective, adverb /ˌpɑːtˈtaɪm/ részmunkaidős, félállású; részmunkaidőben, félállásban

a part-time job

He works part-time as a waiter.

Phrases and idioms:

out of work nem dolgozik, munkanélküli

I've been out of work for the last six months.

Both she and her husband are out of work.