take-home pay en · NOUN
Meanings
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(qualifier:labour, uncountable) The net earnings of a salary or wage earner.
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:Their take-home pay was half their gross, but fifteen percent was for retirement.
Relateds
paycheck · garnishee · pay stub · deductions · payroll tax
Translations (14)
cmn 稅後工資 /税后工资 (net earnings of a wage earner) · fi nettopalkka (net earnings of a wage earner) · es salario neto (net earnings of a wage earner) · cs čistý plat (net earnings of a wage earner) · cmn 扣稅後的實得工資 /扣税后的实得工资 (net earnings of a wage earner) · hu nettó bér (net earnings of a wage earner) · ru чи́стый за́работок (net earnings of a wage earner) · pt renda (net earnings of a wage earner) · pl wypłata netto (net earnings of a wage earner) · fr salaire net (net earnings of a wage earner) · sv nettolön (net earnings of a wage earner) · nl nettoloon (net earnings of a wage earner) · ja 手取り給料 (net earnings of a wage earner) · de Nettogehalt (net earnings of a wage earner)