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”, in Spartanburg Herald Journal, USA, retrieved 14 October 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”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 October 2013:

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

   • 2006 October 2, Richard Pendlebury, “Our poor bloody infantry”, in Daily Mail, UK, retrieved 14 October 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.

• danger pay

• “combat pay”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.