pay envelope
Americannoun
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an envelope containing a paycheck or wages.
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Informal. wages or salary; paycheck.
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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
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
In steel mills and chemical plants, yesterday's blue-collar worker now wears white overalls, sits at a pushbutton panel as massive as a cathedral organ, and takes home a technician's fat pay envelope.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was nothing in the current troubles on the labor front that more money in the pay envelope would not cure.
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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