paycheck

noun

pay·​check ˈpā-ˌchek How to pronounce paycheck (audio)
1
: a check in payment of wages or salary
2

Examples of paycheck in a Sentence

I went to the office to pick up my paycheck. Your weekly paycheck will be almost $600 after taxes.
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Shopping for cuddly soon-to-be favorites shouldn’t take long hours of scrolling (or eat up your entire paycheck). Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 5 Nov. 2024 Take proof of residency — a driver's license, utility bill, bank statement or paycheck are acceptable — to your local clerk's office by 8pm. Joe Guillen, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024 Digging into intrinsic motivation is about finding the emotional, psychological or even philosophical roots of why that goal matters to you, beyond the paycheck. Akin Akinpelu, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 If history is any guide, ballot measures to raise the minimum wage in Alaska, Missouri and California will likely win support from a majority of voters and lead to bigger paychecks for workers, said Sebastian Martinez Hickey, a state economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute. Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jake Piazza,annie Nova,rebecca Picciotto,ece Yildirim, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for paycheck 

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of paycheck was in 1899

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“Paycheck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paycheck. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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paycheck

noun
pay·​check ˈpā-ˌchek How to pronounce paycheck (audio)
: a check in payment of wages or salary

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