"wage stop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wage stops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wage stop (plural wage stops)
  1. (economics) A limit on the state benefits an unemployed person can receive, preventing these benefits from exceeding the amount that the person would be expected to earn if employed. Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-wage_stop-en-noun-RQsT6CIs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: economics, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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