Hire
Hire noun - The money paid regularly to a person for labor or services.
Usage example: used to mow lawns for hire
Minimum wage and hire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Minimum wage" instead a noun "Hire".
Minimum wage
Minimum wage noun - The lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law.
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Synonyms for Minimum wage
Hire and minimum wage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hire" instead a noun phrase "Minimum wage".
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- If they had to pay them fair wages, there would be no incentive for these companies to hire immigrant workers over local Americans (who are already protected by minimum wage laws).
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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead: After the babysitter dies and the kids lose the money their mother gave them, the oldest sister first has to take a minimum wage job in a fast food joint to support the rest of her siblings because it's the only place that will hire teenagers.
Source: Burger Fool
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