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minimum wage
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minimum wage
(noun)
minimum wage
noun
minimum wage
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of MINIMUM WAGE
[
singular
]
:
an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that workers must be paid according to the law
Congress will vote on a bill to raise the
minimum wage
.
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