take-home pay

See also: takehome pay

English

Noun

take-home pay (uncountable)

  1. The net earnings of a salary or wage earner.
    Their take-home pay was half their gross, but fifteen percent was for retirement.
    • 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:
      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.

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