Dictionary-of-Human-Resources-Management

minimum age 170 mobile phone
plural is minima or minimums) adjective
smallest possible minimum
payment the smallest payment
necessary
minimum age /mInIməm eIdʒ/
noun the lowest age at which someone
can be employed (13 in a few types of
employment, but 16 is the legal
minimum)
minimum pay /mInIməm peI/,
minimum wage /mInIməm weIdʒ/
noun the lowest hourly wage which a
company can legally pay its employees
minimum salary /mInIməm
sləri/ noun the lowest amount of
money that an employee is guaranteed
to earn, i.e. their basic pay, which may
be increased if an employee qualifies for
a bonus by performing well
minor /maInə/ adjective less important
Items of minor expenditure are
not listed separately. The minor
shareholders voted against the proposal.
minor official a person in a
low position in a government
department
minority /maInɒrIti/ noun 1. a number
or quantity which is less than half of
the total A minority of board members
opposed the chairman. A minority of
the union members opposed the motion.
to be in the minority to be one of a
group that is a small part of a larger
group 2. a section of the population
from a specific racial group, which does
nor make up the majority of the
population
minutes /mInIts/ plural noun notes
of what happened at a meeting, written
by the secretary to take the minutes
to write notes of what happened at a
meeting
misappropriate /mIsəprəυprieIt/
verb to use illegally money which is not
yours, but with which you have been
trusted
misappropriation /mIsəprəυpri-
eIʃ(ə)n/ noun the illegal use of money
by someone who is not the owner but
who has been trusted to look after it
miscarriage of justice
/mIskrIdʒ əv dʒstIs/ noun a decision
wrongly or unjustly reached by a
court or decision which goes against the
rights of a party in a case, in such a way
that the decision may be reversed on
appeal
misconduct /mIskɒndkt/ noun an
illegal action by an employee, or an action
which can harm someone, e.g. disobeying
instructions
misdemeanour /mIsdIminə/ noun
a minor crime to commit a misdemeanour
(NOTE: the usual US spelling
is misdemeanor)
mismanage /mIsmnIdʒ/ verb to
manage badly The company had been
badly mismanaged under the previous
MD.
mismanagement
/mIs-
mnIdʒmənt/ noun bad management
The company failed because of the
chairman’s mismanagement.
misrepresentation /mIsreprIzen-
teIʃ(ə)n/ noun 1. the act of making a
wrong statement in order to persuade
someone to enter into a contract such as
one for buying a product or service 2.
the act of wrongly reporting facts
mistake /mIsteIk/ noun an act or decision
which is wrong to make a mistake
to do something wrong The shop
made a mistake and sent the wrong
items. There was a mistake in the address.
He made a mistake in addressing
the letter.
misunderstanding /mIsndə-
stndIŋ/ noun an act of not understanding
something correctly There
was a misunderstanding over the pay
deal.
misuse noun /mIsjus/ a wrong use
the misuse of funds or of assets verb
to misuse funds to use funds in a
wrong way (especially funds which do
not belong to you)
misuse of authority /mIsjus əv
ɔθɒrIti/ noun the use of one’s authority
in a wrong way
mobile /məυbaIl/ adjective which
can move about mobile workforce
employees who move from place to
place to get work
mobile phone /məυbaIl fəυn/
noun a small portable phone which can
be used away from home or the office