take-home pay
take-home pay — 名詞
1. the money an employee receives from their salary or wages after the employer has
實得薪資
扣除稅款及費用後的實際收入
the money an employee receives from their salary or wages after the employer has subtracted income tax, insurance payments, and other mandatory charges
After the tax increase, Pim's take-home pay dropped by nearly two hundred dollars a month.
加稅之後，Pim 的實得薪資每個月少了將近兩百美元。
collocation: take-home pay drops / falls / rises
Hui compared her take-home pay with a coworker's to see whether the salaries were fair.
Hui 將自己的實得薪資和同事相比，想了解薪水是否公平。
When Mira received a promotion, her take-home pay went up by fifteen percent.
Mira 獲得升遷之後，她的實得薪資增加了百分之十五。
Tomás budgets carefully because his take-home pay barely covers rent, food, and utility bills.
Tomás 仔細規劃預算，因為他的實得薪資幾乎只夠付房租、食物和水電費。
Arjun's employer deducts health insurance and pension contributions, which reduces his take-home pay.
Arjun 的僱主扣除健康保險和退休金提撥，這使得他的實得薪資減少了。
- net pay
more formal, often appears on official pay stubs and tax documents
- net income
broader term that includes all sources of income, not just wages
- after-tax income
more explicit but less common in everyday conversation
- gross pay
the total earnings before any deductions are made
用法筆記
Frequently modified by adjectives such as monthly, weekly, annual, or net. Often appears with verbs of change (rise, fall, increase, decrease, drop, go up) in discussions of salary adjustments or tax changes.