raise
n. countablen. an increase in the amount of money you earn at your job.
n. an increase in salary or wages. Often used in professional contexts to describe a permanent adjustment to base pay.
She is going to ask her boss for a raise tomorrow.
After completing the certification, he received a significant raise that reflected his new responsibilities.
The company announced that annual raises would be frozen this year due to the unexpected downturn in the global market.
From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic raisijaną, raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”). Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear.
Borrowed from Old Norse hreysi; the spelling came about under the influence of the folk etymology that derived it from the verb.
In British English, 'rise' is more common than 'raise' for an increase in pay.
I got a salary raise last month.I got a raise last month.While understandable, 'raise' already implies an increase in salary; adding 'salary' before it is often redundant in natural speech.