monthly take-home

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   The amount of money you actually receive each month after taxes and other deductions have been taken out of your pay.

   Grammar: Used as a noun phrase; it often follows 'my', 'your', 'the', etc. It is usually singular in everyday use.

   Patterns

   • someone's monthly take-home
   • a monthly take-home of $2,000
   • earn a monthly take-home

   After taxes, her monthly take-home is about $2,800.

   The job offers a monthly take-home of $3,500 plus benefits.

   He was surprised by how small his monthly take-home was after all the deductions.

2. 2adjectivebefore a noun

   Relating to the amount of pay you receive after taxes and deductions have been subtracted.

   Grammar: Always used before a noun, usually 'pay' or 'salary'. It is hyphenated in this position.

   Patterns

   • monthly take-home pay
   • monthly take-home salary
   • monthly take-home amount

   The advertisement listed a monthly take-home salary of $2,500.

   She compared the monthly take-home pay of the two job offers.

   A higher monthly take-home amount would help them save for a house.

Word forms

Common combinations

monthly take-home pay

The monthly take-home pay is paid on the last day of each month.

a monthly take-home of

They live on a monthly take-home of about $2,000.

net monthly take-home

Her net monthly take-home is lower because of the student loan payment.

calculate your monthly take-home

Use this tool to calculate your monthly take-home after taxes.

Synonyms and how they differ

net monthly income

This is a more formal phrase with the same meaning; it is common in financial writing, while 'monthly take-home' is more conversational.

take-home pay

This is the general term for pay after deductions; it can be weekly or yearly, whereas 'monthly take-home' specifies the monthly amount.

Opposites

Word family

take-home noun

The amount of pay you receive after deductions, without specifying the period.

Commonly confused: monthly take-home or gross monthly pay?

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