as in salary
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
with this recession going on, workers shouldn't be expecting fatter pay envelopes
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Recent Examples of pay envelope
Veronica hands Flavia the pay envelope.
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Han Ong, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
The men who built the ships of the U.S. Navy men like Charles Fort of Dundalk and William Hooper of White Marsh had the satisfaction of doing a job right, of contributing to the nation's defense and of bringing home to their eastern Baltimore County communities a regular pay envelope.
—Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 9 Aug. 2021
Immigrant workmen gave up a pay envelope, schoolchildren put in pennies — upward of 150,000 people in all, each name and each donation noted by Pulitzer’s New York World, and almost each one under a dollar.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021
Frustrated by the limits of collective bargaining, Reuther came to complain that bargaining, once so promising, had come to focus on just another nickel in the pay envelope.
—John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
Han Ong, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
The men who built the ships of the U.S. Navy men like Charles Fort of Dundalk and William Hooper of White Marsh had the satisfaction of doing a job right, of contributing to the nation's defense and of bringing home to their eastern Baltimore County communities a regular pay envelope.
—Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 9 Aug. 2021
Immigrant workmen gave up a pay envelope, schoolchildren put in pennies — upward of 150,000 people in all, each name and each donation noted by Pulitzer’s New York World, and almost each one under a dollar.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021
Frustrated by the limits of collective bargaining, Reuther came to complain that bargaining, once so promising, had come to focus on just another nickel in the pay envelope.
—John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pay envelope
Noun
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Per the outlet, the complaint claimed VVV did not pay Miss USA 2024 winner Alma Cooper her full $100,000 salary.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Entry-level North Little Rock police officers earn an annual salary of approximately $52,950.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Farrell adds that for mothers of color, the wage gap is even wider, as Black women earn just 64 cents on the dollar and Latina women earn 54 cents (compared to white men).—
Sarah Bregel,
Parents,
28 Oct. 2025
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My salary would be Rs 45,000 a month, three times the average wage for a qualified individual in regular employment in India.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In 2022, Bureau of Land Management officials updated a program to incentivize adoptions of wild horses and burros by offering a $1,000 payment for the adoption of an animal removed from federal public lands.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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City residents who apply for flood assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency may be eligible for a one-time $300 Clean and Sanitize Assistance payment, which helps with mold cleanup and addressing potential health concerns related to mold.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Tesla could lose Musk if his pay isn’t approved.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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Most controllers are continuing to work mandatory overtime six days a week during the shutdown without pay, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association said Monday.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Pay envelope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20envelope. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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