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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 taxplay

  Familiarity information: PAY AS YOU EARN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PAY AS YOU EARN (noun)


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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