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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