combat pay

combat pay (uncountable)

1. Additional remuneration provided to a member of a military service when he or she is assigned to combat operations.
   • 1963 August 7, "Now It's Up To House: All Senators OK Fatter Service Pay Checks Oct. 1," Spartanburg Herald Journal (USA) (retrieved 14 Oct 2013):

     Both bills provide for a new cold war hostile fire pay, similar to wartime combat pay.

   • 1987 June 3, Wayne King, "Two in evangelist's libel suit cite Congressional privilege," New York Times (retrieved 14 Oct 2013):

     [H]e testifed that he had received three battle stars as a member of the combat unit and had received combat pay.

   • 2006 Oct. 2, Richard Pendlebury, "Our poor bloody infantry," Daily Mail (UK) (retrieved 14 Oct 2013):

     As well as receiving the best basic pay, the Canadian soldier gets £990 a month combat pay, more than five times the British private's allowance of £180.

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