take-home
- adjective
- /ˈteɪkˌhoʊm/
- What's the take-home pay after tax?
- take-home pay
Examples
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The city withdrew half its subsidy on employee pension contributions, representing a small cut in take-home pay for many of the remaining workers.
Academic text (2005) -
The outfit costs close to two weeks' take-home pay.
Fiction book (1990) -
And in the end, what do you really have in take-home pay?
Blog text (16) -
I got more take-home and saw more green.
Fiction book (1993) -
According to our standard formula, you should save at least 15% of your take-home pay.
Blog text (11) -
I actually came up with a savings rate of somewhere around 35% of my take-home pay, depending on the month.
Blog text (25) -
Now his actual monthly take-home pay is $2,050 each month.
Blog text (13) -
CCPOA members receive a 7% raise, pushing average annual take-home pay to $64,000.
Blog text (10) -
Meanwhile, the rising cost of employer-sponsored health insurance has squeezed take-home pay for most U.S. workers at the same time as median wages have stagnated and income inequality has increased.
Academic text (2011) -
Do you know how much take-home pay you earn each month?
Synonyms
Remaining after costs and taxes are taken away
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Take-home comes from the simple idea of the money you take 'home' after work, meaning the amount left after taxes and other costs. So, take-home pay is the 'net' amount you actually keep to spend.