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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In the land of the rising woman, where a husband used to control his yen, millions of wives are buying stock by cutting corners and snipping off a larger hunk of the family pay envelope.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tom had felt the pressure sooner than most because his six husky youngsters could eat their way through hi $240-a-month pay envelope quicker than a horde of grasshoppers could clean an alfalfa field.
From Time Magazine Archive
I hand my pay envelope to my wife without opening it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The boy's thin pay envelope and a little something in the savings bank kept the family off the town but unless something turned up they would lose the house, sure.
From Time Magazine Archive
She leaned across her desk and snatched the pay envelope from my hand.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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