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  • RELATED TERM: a term or phrase that is conceptually or associatively linked with the indicated preferred term

Thesaurus: 1285 entries.


METROPOLITAN INFLUENCED ZONE 

Scope Note: A Statistics Canada classification to describe rural areas with fewer than 10,000 people where a significant percentage of workers commute to adjacent larger areas.

MEXICO 

MICHIGAN (Search for related entries in the library)

MIGRANT WORKERS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A worker who moves from place to place in order to obtain work.

MIGRATION (VAR) (Search for related entries in the library)

MIGRATION POLICY (Search for related entries in the library)

MINIMUM WAGE ORDINANCE 

MINIMUM WAGES (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Legislation and public policy define minimum wage as the lowest wage rate an employer can legally pay an employee.

MINISTERIAL PERMIT 

MINORITIES 

Scope Note: Persons belonging to one or more groups that are not in the majority of a population. Such persons are often discriminated against on the basis of their differences from the majority.