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minimum wage
noun
: an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that workers must be paid according to the law
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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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1860
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