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
Examples of minimum wage in a Sentence
Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.
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One of the most intense union-employer battles arose in 2022 over legislation that would have raised the minimum wage for fast food workers to $22 an hour.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Statewide legislation led to a $20-an-hour minimum wage for all fast food workers that went into effect last year.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
The approximately 40,000 older workers who have benefited from it annually in recent years have earned their area’s prevailing minimum wage as a stipend while working part time.
—Cal J. Halvorsen, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Starting to deregulate labor markets, limiting growth in minimum wages, and reducing impediments on labor flexibility.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Statewide legislation led to a $20-an-hour minimum wage for all fast food workers that went into effect last year.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
The approximately 40,000 older workers who have benefited from it annually in recent years have earned their area’s prevailing minimum wage as a stipend while working part time.
—Cal J. Halvorsen, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Starting to deregulate labor markets, limiting growth in minimum wages, and reducing impediments on labor flexibility.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Minimum wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minimum%20wage. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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