賃下げ

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 賃下げ (ちんさげ) combines wages 賃 and lowering 下げ to denote a wage or pay cut.
• Basic usage: It appears when a company announces reduced pay and employees oppose a unilateral reduction.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Wages rather than product prices
  • 賃下げ specifically lowers compensation for work, not the selling price of ordinary merchandise.