Meanings
- uncountablelaboureconomicsThe net earnings of a salary or wage earner.
Their take-home pay was half their gross, but fifteen percent was for retirement.
1 more example
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.
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
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 扣稅後的實得工資 /扣税后的实得工资, 稅後工資 /税后工资
- 扣稅後的實得工資 /扣税后的实得工资 (kòushuì hòu de shídé gōngzī)net earnings of a wage earner
- 稅後工資 /税后工资 (shuìhòu gōngzī)net earnings of a wage earner
Czech čistý plat
- čistý platnet earnings of a wage earner
Dutch nettoloon
- nettoloonnet earnings of a wage earner
Finnish nettopalkka
- nettopalkkanet earnings of a wage earner
French salaire net
- salaire netnet earnings of a wage earner
German Nettogehalt
- Nettogehaltnet earnings of a wage earner
Hungarian nettó bér
- nettó bérnet earnings of a wage earner
Japanese 手取り給料
- 手取り給料net earnings of a wage earner
Polish wypłata netto
- wypłata nettonet earnings of a wage earner
Portuguese renda
- rendanet earnings of a wage earner
Russian чи́стый за́работок
- чи́стый за́работок (čístyj zárabotok)net earnings of a wage earner
Spanish salario neto
- salario netonet earnings of a wage earner
Swedish nettolön
- nettolönnet earnings of a wage earner
Cite this entry
take-home pay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take-home%20pay
“take-home pay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take-home%20pay. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take-home pay,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take-home%20pay.
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