| 单词 | portal-to-portal pay |
| 释义 | portal-to-portal pay in American English (ˈpɔrtəltəˈpɔrtəl) US wages for workers based on the total time spent from the moment of entering the mine, factory, etc. until the moment of leaving it portal-to-portal pay in American English (ˈpɔrtltəˈpɔrtl, ˈpourtltəˈpourtl) noun payment, as to a miner or factory worker, that includes compensation for time spent on the employer's premises in preparation for a work shift, in travel from the entrance to the assigned work area and back, etc Because workers must change their clothes and pick up tools prior to the work shift,they are demanding portal-to-portal pay Word origin [1940–45, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: sealant, set-aside, snorkel, update, zap |
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