Definition:
(informal) - minimum-wage earner
Comment est-ce que les smicards peuvent survivre ? - How can minimum-wage earners survive?
Note: Smicard comes from SMIC, the acronym for Salaire Minimum Interprofessionel de Croissance, which means as minimum wage. In 1970, SMIC replaced the term SMIG (Salaire Minimum Interprofessionel Garantie), under which a minimum-wage earner was known as a smigard.
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Comment est-ce que les smicards peuvent survivre ? - How can minimum-wage earners survive?
Note: Smicard comes from SMIC, the acronym for Salaire Minimum Interprofessionel de Croissance, which means as minimum wage. In 1970, SMIC replaced the term SMIG (Salaire Minimum Interprofessionel Garantie), under which a minimum-wage earner was known as a smigard.
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Pronunciation: [smee kar] Audio Link
