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pay as you earn
(pay as you earn)
(abbreviation:
PAYE
)
noun
[
mass noun
]
(in the UK and South Africa) a system by which an employer deducts income tax from an employee’s wages before paying them to the employee and sends the deduction to the government:
a pay-as-you-earn scheme
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