the minimum wage
31national minimum wage — UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION NMW) ECONOMICS ► the lowest amount that employers can legally pay employees in a particular country: »The new national minimum wage aims to lift 300,000 workers and their children out of poverty …
32Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912 — The Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912[1] was an Act of Parliament which gave minimum wage protection to Miners. It was passed in response to strikes over pay which occurred in the same year.[2] See also Liberal reforms References ^ h …
33minimum wage — min′imum wage′ n. bus the lowest hourly wage that may be paid to an employee, as fixed by law or by union contract • Etymology: 1855–60 …
34minimum wage — lowest wage or salary that the law will allow …
35minimum wage — /ˌmɪnɪməm weɪdʒ/ noun the lowest hourly wage which a company can legally pay its employees …
36minimum wage laws — Statutes establishing a minimum for the amount of wages to be paid employees in certain industries and lines of work. 31 Am J Rev ed Lab §§ 813 et seq …
37minimum wage — noun The lowest rate at which an employer can legally pay an employee; usually expressed as pay per hour …
38minimum wage — noun (countable singular) the lowest amount of money that can legally be paid per hour to a worker …
39minimum wage — UK / US noun [singular/uncountable] economics the smallest amount of money that an employer is legally allowed to pay a worker …
40ˌminimum ˈwage — noun [singular/U] the smallest amount of money that an employer is legally allowed to pay a worker …