minimum wage

US: (min′ə məm wāj′)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

min′imum wage′, 

1. Business the lowest wage payable to employees in general or to designated employees as fixed by law or by union agreement.

• 1855–60

min•i•mum-wage  (min′ə məm wāj′), adj. 

1. Business of or pertaining to a minimum wage:
   minimum-wage demands.
2. Business paid or earning a minimum wage:
   a minimum-wage worker.
3. Business paying a minimum wage:
   a minimum-wage job.

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minimum wage noun

1. the lowest wage that an employer is permitted to pay by law or union contract