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Definition of subminimum
: having or providing less than a specified minimum The ore shipment was rejected for subminimum uranium content … — The New York Times … like most of the other early minimum wage laws, the Massachusetts law allowed for subminimum wages [=wages below a legally fixed minimum wage] for learners and children …— Clifford F. Thies
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The first known use of subminimum was in 1817
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