minimum (noun)
1minimum — ► NOUN (pl. minima or minimums) ▪ the least or smallest amount, extent, or intensity possible or recorded. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ smallest or lowest in amount, extent, or intensity. ORIGIN Latin …
2minimum 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… …
3minimum 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 …
4minimum 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… …
5minimum — I noun bit, dash, drop, fragment, ioi:a, jot, least amount, least part, least quantity, lowest quantity, minim, modicum, morsel, mote, pars minima, particle, piece, quorum, scantling, scintilla, shade, sliver, small amount, small quantity,… …
6minimum lending rate — ➔ rate1 * * * minimum lending rate UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION MLR) BANKING, FINANCE ► BASE RATE(Cf. ↑base rate): » …
7minimum order quantity — UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION MOQ) COMMERCE ► the smallest amount or number of a product that a company will supply: »There is a minimum order quantity of 500 pieces for this product …
8minimum weight — noun : the least weight at which goods or commodities will be transported by a carrier at a specified rate usually applied to large quantities (as barge load, carload, or truckload) * * * minimum weight same as ↑mini flyweight (see ↑flyweight… …
9minimum security prison — ˌminimum seˈcurity prison [minimum security prison] (NAmE) (BrE ˌopen ˈprison) noun a prison in which prisoners have more freedom than in ordinary prisons Se …
10minimum — noun (plural minima or imums) Etymology: Latin, neuter of minimus smallest; akin to Latin minor smaller more at minor Date: 1674 1. the least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible 2. the least of a set of numbers; specifically the smallest …
