DCHP-1 Online
raise 
n. an increase in pay or salary.
- 1869 In a short time I made a "raise,"
And bought into a claim,
And there they made me engineer,
Or carman--'tis the same--
- 1916 The public is under the impression that the Mounted Police recently got a raise in pay of 35ยข a day.
- 1916 A factory hand who wanted a raise of pay . . . must be inquired into by Macdonald.
- 1869 In a short time I made a "raise,"