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Total cash compensation

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCommon term

In job interviews & careers, total cash compensation means: The combined cash pay from salary and cash incentives, excluding noncash rewards.

In Turkish: toplam nakit ücret

How it is used

Specify whether incentive figures are actual, target or guaranteed amounts.

Example sentences

  1. The offer separated total cash compensation from the value of employee shares.

    Equity is outside the cash total even when part of the wider package.

  2. Her total cash compensation varied because the annual bonus changed.

    Variable cash payments can change the total while salary stays fixed.

Common collocations

  • compare total cash compensation
  • annual total cash compensation
  • base salaryThe fixed amount of pay you get before bonuses, commission, overtime or benefits are added.
  • compensation packageEverything an employer gives you for your work, taken together: salary, bonus, shares, pension, insurance and other benefits.

More terms: Salary & Benefits

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