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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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
Says he: "That stuff's all right, but it's the pay envelope that counts."
From Time Magazine Archive
The buyer: a steelworker with plenty of overtime in his pay envelope and a thriving bank account.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
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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