take-home pay

noun

Definition of take-home paynext
as in minimum wage

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Recent Examples of take-home pay Bigger paychecks sought While the economy may be showing signs of acceleration, stubborn inflation has eroded Americans’ take-home pay. — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 There’s also another, less perceptible way higher healthcare costs erode take-home pay. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026 The 50/30/20 rule is a budgeting framework that divides your take-home pay into three categories. — Javier Simon, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for take-home pay
Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
  1. minimum wage
  2. living wage
  3. salary
  4. wage
  5. pay envelope
  6. pay
Noun
  • In one example, the institution’s claim that California’s minimum wage law for fast-food workers had devastated the job market for those workers was tripped up by its failure to recognize the effect of seasonal adjustments in employment statistics.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Whitehead, the Green Party candidate, is a warehouse supervisor who has advocated for expanding access to health care and raising the federal minimum wage.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of minimum wage
Noun
  • The mayor and the Council are ready to help with retraining and real jobs that carry a living wage and benefits.
    — Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The pilot found that workers were earning around 30 to 35 percent below a living wage benchmark, highlighting a challenge that often remains hidden within supply chains.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of living wage
Noun
  • Cap concerns Shaikin wrote about a lockout expected this winter as Major League Baseball owners attempt to implement a salary cap, which limits the amount of money a team can spend on player salaries.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • If Richards is still on the Heat’s roster on Wednesday, his full salary for the season will be guaranteed.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of salary
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  • The union initially asked for a 20% wage increase across three years and more flexible telework options.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The union had sought wage increases of about 20 percent over four years, and its core demands centered on scheduling, work rules and forced overtime rather than pay alone.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of wage
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • LendingTree found that nearly one-third of Americans have used buy-now, pay-later to finance necessities like groceries, double the 14% who used the service two years ago.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The formula was 100% of pay, 80% of traditional working hours and a target of at least 120% of baseline output.
    — Joe Manok, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pay

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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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