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minimum wage
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minimum wage
n.
1. The lowest wage, determined by law or contract, that an employer may pay an employee for a specified job.
2. See living wage.

minimum wage
n
(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the lowest wage that an employer is permitted to pay by law or union contract
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Noun1.minimum wage - the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to payminimum wage - the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law
pay, remuneration, salary, wage, earnings - something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
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Oregon is among 13 states with minimum wages that are higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.
To inform the debate on whether increasing minimum wages has an adverse impact on job growth, this study will compare Illinois--the only Midwestern state to raise its minimum wage in both 2004 and 2005--to Indiana and other neighboring states.
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Utah increased state minimum wages to the same amount as the federal minimum and on the same date.
 
 
 
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