minimum wage
noun
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: the lowest wage paid or permitted to be paid
specifically
: a wage fixed by legal authority or by contract as the least that may be paid either to employed persons generally or to a particular category of employed persons
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Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.
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Additionally, this tax increase, combined with a potential minimum wage hike in the hotel industry, could make travel to San Diego more expensive, potentially driving tourists to seek more affordable destinations.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
This is also happening while the legislature advances a bill allowing employers to pay workers below the state’s minimum wage standards that were set through a constitutional amendment process approved by voters.
—Thomas Kennedy, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Hobbs expressed frustration at recent efforts to strike down the minimum wage increase and paid sick leave through the courts and legislature.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
Two years ago, the $16 minimum wage for caregivers was championed by Democrats, who still control both chambers of the Nevada legislature, but was eventually signed into law by Republican Governor Joe Lombardo.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 25 Mar. 2025
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
This is also happening while the legislature advances a bill allowing employers to pay workers below the state’s minimum wage standards that were set through a constitutional amendment process approved by voters.
—Thomas Kennedy, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Hobbs expressed frustration at recent efforts to strike down the minimum wage increase and paid sick leave through the courts and legislature.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
Two years ago, the $16 minimum wage for caregivers was championed by Democrats, who still control both chambers of the Nevada legislature, but was eventually signed into law by Republican Governor Joe Lombardo.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for minimum wage
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“Minimum wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minimum%20wage. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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