take-home

What you keep

Take-home describes something you receive and bring with you, typically to complete elsewhere or keep permanently.

Take-home pay is what remains after deductions—the amount actually deposited in your account.

A take-home exam is completed outside class.

As a noun, the takeaway or key point: The take-home from the meeting was that layoffs are coming.

income

paycheck

Compensation for labor

pay · compensation · net · aftertax · disposable · remuneration · gross · deductions · withholding · stipend

homework

assignments

Allocated duties or tasks

exercises · reading · essay · project · exam · deadline · tutoring · textbook · syllabus · grades

Opposites
income/pay calculation

take-homegross

Total before subtractions

pre-tax · gross pay · gross income · gross earnings · gross salary

exam/assignment context

take-homein-class

Within the classroom

proctored · supervised · timed · closed-book · sit-down

food service context

take-homedine-in

Consumed on-site

eat-in · sit-down · on-premises · in-house · table service

Family

take, home, taken, taking, overtake, homely, intake, homeland, undertaking

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G