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take-home pay

take-home pay noun: the net earnings of a salary or wage earner.

Noun

take-home pay (uncountable)

  1. (labour) The net earnings of a salary or wage earner.
    • Their take-home pay was half their gross, but fifteen percent was for retirement.
    • A new book called When Nothing Works shows which groups have enjoyed the biggest rise in take-home pay since the turn of the millennium. From Tony Blair to Boris Johnson, the authors discover one golden rule: the richer you are, the more money you’re given.2023 August 17, Aditya Chakrabortty, “Can’t pay and they really do take it away: what happens when the bailiffs come knocking”, in The Guardian

Questions about take-home pay

What does take-home pay mean?
Take-home pay means the net earnings of a salary or wage earner.
What part of speech is take-home pay?
Take-home pay is a noun.

Words near take-home pay in the dictionary

  1. take-and-bake
  2. take-away
  3. take-aways
  4. take-backsies
  5. take-home
  6. take-home pay
  7. take-home vehicle
  8. take-home vehicles
  9. take-homes
  10. take-in
  11. take-ins

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