take-home pay
noun
: income remaining from salary or wages after deductions (as for income-tax withholding)
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That would leave you with take-home pay of $35,420, or $681.15 a week.
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Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
But factoring in materials and equipment the artist might need for the job could bring the take-home pay to $1,000 or less, which doesn’t account for the two weeks of labor or time mapping out the concept.
—Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
That habit, first of all, gave people a raise in take-home pay.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 June 2023
The total amount was equivalent to about five days’ take-home pay.
—Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2023
Lawson stayed, but the reduction in his monthly take-home pay has stung.
—Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
The lawsuit against Joint Venture Restaurant Group Inc., which owns Jon & Vinny’s, claims that the company denied servers tips, resulting in a reduction of take-home pay due to diner confusion regarding an 18% service fee.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
Daniels and other supporters of the bill said employees would spend the extra take-home pay, putting some of it back into local and state tax revenues through sales taxes.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 1 June 2023
As the primary earner in a household that includes her ailing mother and younger brother, the South Carolina librarian is constantly weighing how to divvy up her $2,100-a-month take-home pay and late father’s retirement benefits.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
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Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
But factoring in materials and equipment the artist might need for the job could bring the take-home pay to $1,000 or less, which doesn’t account for the two weeks of labor or time mapping out the concept.
—Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
That habit, first of all, gave people a raise in take-home pay.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 June 2023
The total amount was equivalent to about five days’ take-home pay.
—Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2023
Lawson stayed, but the reduction in his monthly take-home pay has stung.
—Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
The lawsuit against Joint Venture Restaurant Group Inc., which owns Jon & Vinny’s, claims that the company denied servers tips, resulting in a reduction of take-home pay due to diner confusion regarding an 18% service fee.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
Daniels and other supporters of the bill said employees would spend the extra take-home pay, putting some of it back into local and state tax revenues through sales taxes.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 1 June 2023
As the primary earner in a household that includes her ailing mother and younger brother, the South Carolina librarian is constantly weighing how to divvy up her $2,100-a-month take-home pay and late father’s retirement benefits.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
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First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined above
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take-home pay
nounˌtāk-ˌhōm-
: the part of one's salary or wages remaining after deductions (as of income tax payments or union dues)
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