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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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