minimum salary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofminimumandsalary
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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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salary
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈsæl.ər.i/us/ˈsæl.ɚ.i/
a fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account ...
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(Definition ofminimumandsalaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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First, they could adopt aminimumsalarylevel based on a percentage of the total contract value.
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Let me take the actualminimumsalaryof a teacher under that scale.
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The head waiter's income works out at £2,300, but if the statutoryminimumsalaryis £400 and the employer does not pay he is liable to prosecution.
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Aminimumsalaryof 80% must be guaranteed, with no loss of pension rights.
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Let us take this opportunity of reducing theminimumsalary.
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There should be aminimumsalary, together with additional amounts based on unit turnover.
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The total for the same officials calculated for one year, taking theminimumsalary, amounts to £7,350.
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That is exclusive of draftsmen and writers, and also of referees, of whom there are a large number at aminimumsalaryof £500 each.
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There are 103 clerks whose salaries exceed theminimumsalaryof a junior examiner.
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I have said that we regard the question of theminimumsalaryas having been met.
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If you have to get £2,500 as theminimumsalary, it will be much more difficult than if you only have to get £1,500.
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Theminimumsalaryfor a new recruit to the police service in 1979 was £4,086, while the minimum now is £13,992.
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There is no question of reducing theminimumsalaryof women post office clerks.
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The minor staff clerk'sminimumsalaryis £190 and his maximum £220; the second division clerk's minimum is £70 and his maximum £300.
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The arrangements provide for aminimumsalaryof £14,275 and an average limited in each university to £16,765.
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Theminimumsalarypaid under these arrangements is of the order of £1,300 per annum.
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This is a temporary appointment and, in accordance with the usual custom, she commenced at theminimumsalaryfor her grade.
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Even so, the basicminimumsalaryis only £85·60—after three years' training for a statutory qualification.
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Theminimumsalaryfor a newly qualified speech therapist is now £8,250.
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Doctors might start on a fixedminimumsalary, rising to a maximum after, say, ten years.
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