Combat Pay (Noun)
Meaning
Extra pay for soldiers engaged in active combat.
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- Soldiers who serve in war zones are entitled to combat pay in addition to their regular salary.
- The government recently increased combat pay for troops stationed in high-risk areas.
- The amount of combat pay a soldier receives is based on the level of danger in their deployment zone.
- Veterans' groups are lobbying for an increase in combat pay to better compensate soldiers for the risks they take.
- As part of his enlistment contract, the young soldier was promised combat pay for serving in a combat zone overseas.