PAYE - or 'pay as you earn' - refers to income tax which is deducted from your salary before you receive it. Introduced in 1944, this is now the way most employees pay income tax. The money is sent to HMRC by your employer 'at source' - meaning directly from your pay before it reaches your account. More @Wikipedia
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