In Britain, PAYE is a system of paying income tax in which your employer pays your tax directly tothe government, and then takes this amount from your salary or wages. PAYE is an abbreviation for 'pay as you earn'.
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PAYE in British English
abbreviation for(in Britain and New Zealand)
pay as you earn; a system by which income tax levied on wage and salary earners is paid by employers directly to the government