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takeaway

takeaway

1 7.5
A benefit workers give up in an agreement to save the company money
  • noun
  • /ˈteɪkəˌweɪ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : concesión
  • Takeaway: Let your employees breathe by satisfying the need for autonomy.

Examples

  • Takeaway: Pay your employees enough to take money off the table completely.

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  • Takeaway: Embrace your supportive role by identifying employee roadblocks and discussing how you can eliminate them.

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  • My takeaway from last night?

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  • Takeaway: Professional skills and experience are hard-won from education, training, and time in the industry.

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  • The takeaway for the researchers is that the suggestion of criminal behavior (drunk driving) and an unabashed interest in pictures of semi-nude women made it easier for the car wash workers to rationalize theft.

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  • The proposed takeaways from the labor negotiations included reduced health benefits and longer work hours.

  • Employees were unhappy with the takeaways they had to accept to help the company lower costs.

  • Management offered several takeaways in the negotiation talks, which many workers felt were unfair.

Synonyms

giveback
vstakeaway
  • Jargon
1 6.7

A cut in pay or benefits that employees accept

is broader covering any concession given to lower company costs

Antonyms

to benefit
676 2.3

To help someone or be helped by something

gain
  • Specialized
559 2.3

An advantage that gives you more money or success

Surface Forms

takeaway singular
takeaways plural

Morphology

takeaway = take + away (semi-transparent) = take + away

The noun refers to a specific labour concession 'taken away' from employees; the relation to 'take'+'away' is clear but the employment-technical sense is specialized.

Etymology

Takeaway comes from the everyday words take and away, which mean 'to remove' or 'to take something away'. So in work talks a takeaway is something workers lose because it is 'taken away'.