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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Moreover, we think that real standards of living depend not only on what is in the pay envelope, but on what we can buy with it.
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
For 75 million U.S. workers�nine out of every ten�1959's first pay envelope was a little slimmer than 1959's last one.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Reaching into her jacket pocket, Lupita pulled out her pay envelope and gave it to Irela.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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