pre-tax

IPA/ˌpriː ˈtæks/
IPA/ˌpriː ˈtæks/

pre-tax — adjective

1. describing an amount of money calculated before any tax is removed from it — use

1.形容詞B2
釋義

describing an amount of money calculated before any tax is removed from it — used for income, profit, earnings, or the price of something you buy.

例句

The company announced a pre-tax profit of 3.5 million dollars for the first quarter.

collocation: pre-tax profit

Amara's pre-tax monthly salary is 4,200 dollars, but her take-home pay is much less.

collocation: pre-tax salary / pre-tax income

同義詞
  • pretax

    same meaning; the hyphenated and unhyphenated forms are used interchangeably in American English.

  • gross

    similar meaning but broader — gross income includes all earnings before any deductions, not just tax.

反義詞
  • after-tax

    describes an amount remaining after tax has been deducted.

  • net

    the amount left after all deductions including tax — narrower in scope than after-tax.

文法句型

pre-tax + noun

用法筆記

Commonly used in financial reporting and personal finance discussions. This adjective is always placed before the noun it modifies — for example, pre-tax profit, pre-tax income, or pre-tax earnings.

常見錯誤

❌The price is pre-tax 500 dollars.
✅The pre-tax price is 500 dollars.
💡pre-tax is always attributive and comes before the noun.