pay envelope
Americannoun
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an envelope containing a paycheck or wages.
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Informal. wages or salary; paycheck.
Example Sentences
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The buyer: a steelworker with plenty of overtime in his pay envelope and a thriving bank account.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Whiting, Ind., Mrs. Elizabeth Koby, a $42-a-week Standard Oil employe, received her two-week pay envelope, found she had been overpaid by $99,999,910.
From Time Magazine Archive
C.A.A. could push the pay envelope because it represented so much A-list talent, from Tom Cruise to Tom Hanks and Steven Seagal to Steven Spielberg.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week it was pinned on a bulletin board, and Copyreader Harry Mott got an extra $20 in his pay envelope for writing the headline of the week.
From Time Magazine Archive
The postmaster would argue, reasonably, he’s got no other way to support his family—his pay envelope arrives empty each week, with an official printed statement about emergency economic measures.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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