English Explanatory Dictionary

mommy tax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The opportunity cost of motherhood; the income that women do not earn because they have become mothers.

Word forms

mommy tax mommy taxes

Etymology

Coined by American journalist Ann Crittenden.

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