A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers. Equivalently, it is the price floor below which workers may not sell their labor. Although minimum wage laws are in effect in many jurisdictions, differences of opinion exist about the benefits and drawbacks of a minimum wage.
secâ²ond perâ²son. 1. the grammatical person used in an utterance in referring to the one or ones being addressed. 2. a pronoun or verb form in the second person, as the pronoun you.
Definition of 'second-class citizen'. second-class citizen. noun. a person whose rights and opportunities are treated as less important than those of other people in the same society. Example sentences containing 'second-class citizen'. They make it easy for their partners to treat them as second-class citizens.