paycheck
[pey-chek]
- a bank check given as salary or wages.
- salary or wages: One can stretch the paycheck only just so far.
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Origin of paycheck
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for paycheck
Contemporary Examples
At the beginning of each week, she makes a list of expenses her paycheck will have to cover that week.
That leaves the families who make between that and the sustainable-wage level of $48,000 to struggle paycheck to paycheck.
You worked for it and your boss transfers it to you, along with your other benefits and paycheck, as compensation for your work.
After all, your health care plan belongs to you, as your paycheck does.
This man, more than any other free agent, needs to find a new team and receive a paycheck.
Historical Examples
There are some things worth more to me than three meals a day and a paycheck.
The Chameleon ManWilliam P. McGivern
Tens of millions of Americans live from paycheck to paycheck.
Only thirty-two in the account, but he would deposit his paycheck today which would bring it up.
The SyndicC.M. Kornbluth
His third weekly paycheck of twenty-two dollars and fifty cents was in his pocket.
Plowing On SundaySterling North
The warrant when received is deposited in a bank and a paycheck issued.
Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway CommissionS. Benson, W. L. Thompson, R. A. Booth, Herbert Nunn
Word Origin and History for paycheck
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper