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minimum wage

noun

Definition of minimum wage

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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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Recent Examples of minimum wage Advocates for high minimum wages cast themselves as fighters for the poor. — Shiv Parihar, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2026 Olivia Crofton, a recent UW-Madison graduate, said Wisconsin as a swing state motivated her to vote today, alongside her top priorities including minimum wage and data centers. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Raise the minimum wage, expand overtime pay, get rid of tax breaks for the top 1%, create a cost of living tax cut, give small businesses a tax cut and rebuild labor unions. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026 Walker-Yeager, who ran on abolishing or reducing residents’ and seniors’ property tax burdens, historic preservation and raising the state minimum wage, also addressed residents in a statement on Wednesday morning. — Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for minimum wage

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As most clubs don’t publish player wage bills, precise estimates of their squad costs are difficult to make.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Furthermore, extreme pay disparities exist, from low-wage support staff to multi-million dollar executive and athletic salaries, often tracking scale over prestige.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

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Torres and Ronald Araujo leaving (on loan to Liverpool) have left money in the club’s coffers and plenty of room for manoeuvre in terms of the wage bill, which was pushing the limits of La Liga’s salary regulations.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
That aligns with evidence that higher teacher salaries help attract and retain effective staff, making educator compensation one of the most important ways that additional education funding can improve student outcomes.

— Jason Burns, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of salary

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The announcement follows similar action taken by workers at various branches of the V&A Museum in London, who voted to strike over pay, working conditions, and the institution’s refusal to seek living wage accreditation.

— News Desk, Artforum, 3 Aug. 2026
Maybe that means hiring full-time refs and paying them a living wage.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

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