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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I hand my pay envelope to my wife without opening it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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Pickets tore up their signs, threw the scraps in the air, went off to celebrate a settlement that meant about $32 more a month in each man's pay envelope.
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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.
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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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