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单词 minimum wage
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minimum wagenoun [ S or U ]

uk/ˌmɪn.ɪ.məm ˈweɪdʒ/us/ˌmɪn.ɪ.məm ˈweɪdʒ/

the smallest amount of money that employers are legally allowed to pay someone who works for them:

The new business couldn't afford to pay more than the minimum wage.
The job paid minimum wage only.
This ruling affects all workers on minimum wage.
He's working in a fast food place, making minimum wage.
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Earning money

  • bank
  • base pay
  • be quids in idiom
  • black money
  • blast
  • bread
  • bread and butter
  • bring sth in
  • danger money
  • draw
  • earn
  • fundraiser
  • honorarium
  • income
  • money for old rope idiom
  • payday
  • payroll
  • pickings
  • strike pay
  • venal

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minimum wagenoun [ U ]

us/ˈmɪn·ə·məm ˌweɪdʒ/

the lowest pay for an hour’s work that can legally be paid to a worker:

They want to raise the minimum wage to $8 an hour.

minimum wagenoun [ C, usually singular ]

ukusECONOMICS

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 below the minimum wage.
an increase/rise in the minimum wage
the national/federal minimum wage
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