wages council

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noun

(formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994

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How to use wages council in a sentence

In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.
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A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.
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Haringey Council told The Daily Beast that the children had not been taken permanently into state care.
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Kirill represented the Moscow Patriarchate at the World Council of Churches in the early 1970s.
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Thinking there was another way, I met a few times with the president of the Interfraternity Council.
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The council of Trent was prorogued for two years; it did not assemble again until 1562.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
For a "cold collation on the occasion of the audit" our Council always allows 10.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
By the last-mentioned staircase access is obtained by the general public to the Council Chamber.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
The royal Audiencia has investigated this matter, on petition of the cabildo, in order to refer it to that royal council.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Old feuds were settled in the old way and six inches of steel were more potent than the longest Order in Council.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy