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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The buyer: a steelworker with plenty of overtime in his pay envelope and a thriving bank account.
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
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
If you choose lower wages for the same number of hours you cut the dollars in the pay envelope and automatically cut down the purchasing power of the worker himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Burton handed Ned his pay envelope and walked off.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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