minimum income

collocation in English

meaningsofminimumandincome

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minimum
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪn.ɪ.məm/us
/ˈmɪn.ə.məm/
used to describe something that is the smallest or least allowed ...
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income
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪŋ.kʌm/us
/ˈɪn.kʌm/
money that is earned from doing work or received ...
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(Definition ofminimumandincomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofminimum income

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Free-riding on the provision of collectively enjoyed goods (including a collectively providedminimumincome) is incompatible with this basic norm of co-operation for mutual advantage.
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Redistribution is restricted to the (covered) bottom income groups as aminimumincomeguarantee.
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While such difficulties are often cited to justify opposition to theminimumincomeoption, precious little has been done to address the underlying problems.
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It will be seen that for those who do not have employment, theminimumincomeis far below the poverty level.
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Aminimumincomefor healthy living was derived from extensive evidence on diet and nutrition, physical activity, housing, medical care entailing costs, psychosocial relations and social inclusion.
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Morris (2002) argues that the government has ignored requirements for personal health in itsminimumincomepolicies.
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The result would be the creation of a fully integrated and universal tax/benefits system as well as the introduction of a guaranteed universalminimumincome.
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He develops a measure of what workers could potentially afford, setting aminimumincomelevel four times greater than the cost of a basic food basket.
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Gorz proposed guaranteeing each citizen aminimumincomefor life in return for an agreement to perform 20,000 hours of socially necessary public labour.
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We look forward to rapid progress on that, including the question ofminimumincome, so that people can live in dignity.
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Theminimumincomecan guarantee social protection for broad groups of the population who are now living in poverty.
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It is absurd to subsidise a product by up to 80 percent or more in order to give the producers aminimumincome.
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It also takes up the 1992 recommendation concerning theminimumincometo be guaranteed by the social protection systems, by supporting initiatives for its implementation.
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These changes will ensure a guaranteedminimumincomeof at least £190 a week for working families.
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That is what they have done with incapacity benefit and what they are doing with theminimumincomeguarantee.
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We are told that the fact that there is now something called theminimumincomeguarantee will change things.
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I have always argued for aminimumincomeand, with the introduction of the national minimum wage, that is now a possibility.
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I still believe that, despite those changes, having aminimumincomeguarantee is wholly justifiable.
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But theminimumincomeguarantee was a priority commitment to be carried out whatever the economic circumstances.
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We estimate that between 400,000 and 700,000 pensioners are entitled to theminimumincomeguarantee but have not claimed it.
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