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n.The lowest hourly wage an employer is allowed to pay workers in most jobs, set by statute.
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minimum wage — n: a wage fixed by contract or esp. by law as the least that may be paid either to employees generally or to a particular category of employees compare scale Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
wage — [weɪdʒ] noun [countable] also wages HUMAN RESOURCES money that someone earns according to the number of hours, days, or weeks that they work, especially money that is paid each week: • The average hourly wage in the industry is $8. • Workers were … Financial and business terms
minimum wage — ➔ wage * * * minimum wage UK US noun [C, usually singular] ECONOMICS ► the lowest amount that employers can legally pay employees: »He earns the minimum wage of $5.50 an hour. above/below the minimum wage »30,000 workers were still being paid… … Financial and business terms
Wage regulation — refers to attempts by a government to regulate wages paid to citizens.Minimum wageMinimum wage regulation attempts to set an hourly, or other periodic monetary standard for pay at work. A recent example was the U.K. National Minimum Wage Act 1998 … Wikipedia
Minimum wage — A minimum wage is the lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers. Equivalently, it is the lowest wage at which workers may sell their labour. Although minimum wage laws are in effect in a great many… … Wikipedia
Wage — For other uses, see WAGE (disambiguation). A wage is a compensation, usually financial, received by workers in exchange for their labor. Compensation in terms of wages is given to workers and compensation in terms of salary is given to employees … Wikipedia
wage — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (also wages) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ competitive (esp. AmE), decent, fair, good, high ▪ inadequate, low, meagre/meager (esp … Collocations dictionary
minimum wage — noun the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law • Hypernyms: ↑wage, ↑pay, ↑earnings, ↑remuneration, ↑salary * * * noun [singular] : an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that… … Useful english dictionary
minimum-wage — /min euh meuhm wayj /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a minimum wage: minimum wage demands. 2. paid or earning a minimum wage: a minimum wage worker. 3. paying a minimum wage: a minimum wage job. * * * … Universalium
minimum-wage — /min euh meuhm wayj /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a minimum wage: minimum wage demands. 2. paid or earning a minimum wage: a minimum wage worker. 3. paying a minimum wage: a minimum wage job … Useful english dictionary
