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PAY AS YOU EARN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pay as you earn mean?
• PAY AS YOU EARN (noun)
The noun PAY AS YOU EARN has 1 sense:
1. the British system of withholding tax
Familiarity information: PAY AS YOU EARN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The British system of withholding tax
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
pay as you earn; PAYE
Hypernyms ("pay as you earn" is a kind of...):
withholding; withholding tax (income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer)
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