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
The buyer: a steelworker with plenty of overtime in his pay envelope and a thriving bank account.
From Time Magazine Archive
At story's end, with the G.I.s and the big pay envelope gone, he is getting ready to plant corn.
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
She leaned across her desk and snatched the pay envelope from my hand.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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