| 单词 | rate-fixer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrate-fixer rate-fixer n. a person who sets a rate of pay (esp. for pieceworkers), interest, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > those involved in labour relations > [noun] > one who negotiates or fixes pay rate-fixer1901 wage-bargainer1968 1901 Washington Post 9 Sept. 3 The medical referee of the Pension Office..is the rate-fixer for each individual. 1914 E. T. Elbourne Factory Admin. & Accts. 659 An incompetent ratefixer..will probably be more detrimental to the shop efficiency than an overburdened foreman. 1930 Engineering 30 May 696/2 In this office, the operations are made out on a master card and forwarded to the rate fixers. The latter carefully estimate the cost of the work, and add the workmen's allowance of 33⅓ per cent. 2004 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 8 Oct. 22 The Treasury continues to set the national economic objectives for the rate-fixers; the committee simply works out the best way to achieve them. < as lemmas |
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