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portal-to-portal pay definition

☆ portal-to-portal pay (pôrt′'l tə pôrt′'l)

wages for workers based on the total time spent from the moment of entering the mine, factory, etc. until the moment of leaving it

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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