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
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Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.
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The mayor would go on to sign the city’s $15 minimum wage ordinance, as well as new residential tenant protections fashioned by the city council.
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
That theme was also behind his successful push to increase the minimum wage for most tourism workers to $25 an hour, which will be phased in over four years.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
For 40 minutes, the man squared off against the machine, discussing issues like the minimum wage, electric vehicles and education policy.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
After the nine-month limit, or once the program ends, employers would be required to pay participants at least the state or federal minimum wage, whichever is higher.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
That theme was also behind his successful push to increase the minimum wage for most tourism workers to $25 an hour, which will be phased in over four years.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
For 40 minutes, the man squared off against the machine, discussing issues like the minimum wage, electric vehicles and education policy.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
After the nine-month limit, or once the program ends, employers would be required to pay participants at least the state or federal minimum wage, whichever is higher.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Minimum wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minimum%20wage. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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