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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Pay and minimum wage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pay" instead a noun phrase "Minimum wage".
Pay
Pay noun - The money paid regularly to a person for labor or services.
Usage example: it's difficult to support two children on her pay
Minimum wage and pay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Minimum wage" instead a noun "Pay".
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- In 2008, Governator Schwarzenegger ordered the firing of every temporary and part-time employee of the State of California, and the reduction of the survivors' pay to minimum wage.
Source: Ultimate Job Security - 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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Heroism Won't Pay the Bills: Jeffery, Austin, and Isabella all make minimum wage or little above it.
Source: Literature / Hollow Places
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