Thesaurus results for TAKE-HOME PAY

take-home pay

noun

Definition of take-home pay

as in minimum wage

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Recent Examples of take-home pay The union says that, as a result, some production assistants on Chicago Fire saw their weekly take-home pay dip 43 percent. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026 Doubles champions also get a pay bump of 10%, making their take-home pay £760,000 (just over $1 million). — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026 The rising cost of housing is squeezing Americans’ take-home pay, and a major cause of the problem is overregulation. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 9 July 2026 Neither is their spouses' income, which in the case of the chief justice, for instance, likely far exceeds his take-home pay. — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for take-home pay

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Noun

Hingson said that before Allen arrived at the Lighthouse, blind employees earned less than minimum wage under a law that allows employers to pay disabled workers subminimum rates in certain settings.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
Perry adds as rents rise in the entire region, many workers that are making minimum wage are being priced out of the area.

— Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of minimum wage

Noun

The announcement follows similar action taken by workers at various branches of the V&A Museum in London, who voted to strike over pay, working conditions, and the institution’s refusal to seek living wage accreditation.

— News Desk, Artforum, 3 Aug. 2026
Maybe that means hiring full-time refs and paying them a living wage.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of living wage

Noun

First, because of the huge jump in salary when Pelle Larsson’s extension kicks in for 2027-28.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
As baseball owners prepare for a lockout, in a push for the salary cap that would drive franchise values higher, insiders anticipate the MLB expansion fee could settle around or even above the $4 billion range.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of salary

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At the same time, the share of workers anxious about benefit reductions, layoffs, and lower wages and shorter hours has held stable compared with previous years.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Spending and wage growth have largely converged across income groups, meaning the gaps between how much low-, middle-, and high-income households are earning and spending have narrowed, according to the report.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of wage

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Immigrant workmen gave up a pay envelope, schoolchildren put in pennies — upward of 150,000 people in all, each name and each donation noted by Pulitzer’s New York World, and almost each one under a dollar.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021
Frustrated by the limits of collective bargaining, Reuther came to complain that bargaining, once so promising, had come to focus on just another nickel in the pay envelope.

— John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019

Definition of pay envelope

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This past year’s recruitment numbers are likely more a result of young Americans seeking steady pay, job training and educational benefits than agreement with Hegseth’s vision of the military.

— Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
The memo said assistant principals who are teaching classes exempted from the law — due to a shortage of space or licensed teachers — will also receive the extra pay.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

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