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wage gap

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wage gap /ˈweɪdʒ ɡap /
noun an undesirable or unfair difference between the average amounts that two sectors of a population are paid:
he pledged to close the gender wage gap inside the next decade
the wage gap that currently exists between black and white employees
the rural–urban wage gap.