/pawr"tl teuh pawr"tl, pohr"tl teuh pohr"tl/
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.
[ 1940-45, Amer. ]