freeze wages

freeze someone's wages

Fig. to hold someone's pay at its current level. The company froze everyone's wages as soon as the economy went sour.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Barr	[ba:]
Jose	[dʒəuz]
Dominique	do-mee-NEEK	French
Nethaniah	neth-ə-NIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Archdale	['a:tʃdeil]
Eadwig	-	Anglo-Saxon