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portal-to-portal pay
[ pawr-tl-tuh-pawr-tl, pohr-tl-tuh-pohr-tl ]
noun
- payment, as to a miner or factory worker, that includes compensation for time spent on the employer's premises in preparation for a work shift, in travel from the entrance to the assigned work area and back, etc.:
Because workers must change their clothes and pick up tools prior to the work shift, they are demanding portal-to-portal pay.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of portal-to-portal pay1
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
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