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
WŁOdzimierz	vwaw-JEEM-yesh	Polish
Orfeo	-	Italian, Spanish
Arber	['a:rbə]
Tejal	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Neus	-	Catalan
Honora	-	Irish, English