as in salary
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
almost half of her paycheck goes to child care and transportation expenses
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Recent Examples of paycheck
For many Americans, their tax refund is their biggest paycheck of the year.
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 1 Apr. 2025
Designer fashion and luxury accessories don’t necessarily have to cost you an entire month’s paycheck.
—Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
There are paychecks and jobs that depend on that money, the outlet reported.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
It should be provided by your employer by the end of January and indicate your income in the year prior and the amount of taxes that were withheld from your paycheck.
—Brett Holzhauer,ryley Amond, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 1 Apr. 2025
Designer fashion and luxury accessories don’t necessarily have to cost you an entire month’s paycheck.
—Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
There are paychecks and jobs that depend on that money, the outlet reported.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
It should be provided by your employer by the end of January and indicate your income in the year prior and the amount of taxes that were withheld from your paycheck.
—Brett Holzhauer,ryley Amond, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for paycheck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paycheck
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The remote Queensland town of Julia Creek, population 500, is offering about double the salary a family physician would earn in the state’s capital, Brisbane.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Not to mention the fact that the average salary in the U.S. sits below that figure, at around $66,622, according to the latest data from the Social Security Administration.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Rising wages have enabled people to keep spending, which has kept the overall economy humming along.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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By the 2000s, the middle class these restaurants had been custom-built to serve was shrinking as wages stagnated and neighborhoods grew more segregated by income.—
Meghan McCarron Phil Donohue,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Commercial partnerships typically contain clauses that will see payments reduced upon relegation, some even ceasing.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Retroactive payments for benefits issued back to January 2024 have already been issued.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Paycheck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paycheck. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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