minimum wagen.

Brit.

/ˌmɪnᵻməm ˈweɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˌmɪnəməm ˈweɪdʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: minimum adj., wage n.

Etymology: < minimum adj. + wage n.

A wage rate established by statute, collective bargaining, etc., which specifies the minimum pay for an employee. Sometimes as a mass noun, e.g. he works for minimum wage.A national minimum wage, originally of £3.60 per hour (for those aged 22 and over), was introduced into the United Kingdom in April 1999.

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1860 Trades' Societies & Strikes 299 And so the minimum wage which the Institute stipulates for..is constantly reduced.

1908 New Age 18 July 223/2 A serious objection to the fixing of a minimum wage in England for employed is that it would be most difficult to make provision for the large number of incompetent, inferior, and slow workers.

1937 Life 12 Apr. 30/2 (caption) Associate Justice Roberts reversed his own position on minimum-wage laws and therefore that of the Supreme Court.

1940 Economist 6 July 4/2 The establishment, by law or by bargaining, of a decent minimum wage in all trades is an indispensable foundation.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VI. 916/1 Minimum-wage legislation or machinery for fixing minimum rates now exists in most of the nations of Latin America, Africa, and Asia, as well as in more industrialized countries.

2000 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 12 Apr. A church cleaner who lost her £1 an hour job after asking for the national minimum wage has won an out-of-court settlement.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	minimum wage
释义	minimum wagen. Brit. /ˌmɪnᵻməm ˈweɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˌmɪnəməm ˈweɪdʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: minimum adj., wage n. Etymology: < minimum adj. + wage n. A wage rate established by statute, collective bargaining, etc., which specifies the minimum pay for an employee. Sometimes as a mass noun, e.g. he works for minimum wage.A national minimum wage, originally of £3.60 per hour (for those aged 22 and over), was introduced into the United Kingdom in April 1999. ΚΠ 1860 Trades' Societies & Strikes 299 And so the minimum wage which the Institute stipulates for..is constantly reduced. 1908 New Age 18 July 223/2 A serious objection to the fixing of a minimum wage in England for employed is that it would be most difficult to make provision for the large number of incompetent, inferior, and slow workers. 1937 Life 12 Apr. 30/2 (caption) Associate Justice Roberts reversed his own position on minimum-wage laws and therefore that of the Supreme Court. 1940 Economist 6 July 4/2 The establishment, by law or by bargaining, of a decent minimum wage in all trades is an indispensable foundation. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VI. 916/1 Minimum-wage legislation or machinery for fixing minimum rates now exists in most of the nations of Latin America, Africa, and Asia, as well as in more industrialized countries. 2000 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 12 Apr. A church cleaner who lost her £1 an hour job after asking for the national minimum wage has won an out-of-court settlement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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