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1Minimum wage law — is the body of law which prohibits employers from hiring employees or workers for less than a given hourly, daily or monthly minimum wage. More than 90% of all countries have some kind of minimum wage legislation.[1] Until recently, minimum wage… …
2Minimum wage in the United States — History of the federal minimum wage in real and nominal dollars. As of July 24, 2009 (2009 07 24) …
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 Rate Pricing — Minimum Rate Pricing, Inc. (MRP) was a long distance telecommunications carrier, based out of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, started by Thomas Salzano. Minimum Rate Pricing became the number 7 long distance carrier in the United States within four… …
5Pay to Play — can refer to several different concepts.In politicsIn politics, pay to play refers to a system, akin to payola in the music industry, by which one pays (or must pay) money in order to become a player. The common denominator of all forms of pay to …
6minimum 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… …
7pay scale — ➔ scale * * * pay scale UK US noun [C] (also salary scale, wage scale) HR, WORKPLACE ► the different levels of pay for a particular job, relating to different degrees of skill or experience: on the pay scale »At the interview, ask where you will… …
8minimum wage — n [singular] the lowest amount of money that an employer can legally pay to a worker ▪ Most of the junior office staff are on the minimum wage (=being paid the lowest legal amount) …
9pay phone — UK US (also payphone, pay phone) noun [C] ► COMMUNICATIONS a public phone that is operated using coins or a card : »They have recently raised the minimum charge for making a call from a payphone …
10minimum wage — noun singular or uncount the smallest amount of money that an employer is legally allowed to pay a worker …
