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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Welcome to 1990: millions of American workers have by now ripped open their first pay envelope and discovered an unpleasant surprise: their take-home is less than it was in December.
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 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
I hand my pay envelope to my wife without opening it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Burton handed Ned his pay envelope and walked off.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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