noun
wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner
• Syn: ↑pay packet
• Hypernyms: ↑wage, ↑pay, ↑earnings, ↑remuneration, ↑salary
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noun, pl ⋯ -lopes [count]
US
1 : an envelope that contains your wages
2 : the money that you regularly earn : a wage or salary
Workers will be expecting bigger/fatter pay envelopes [=(more commonly) paychecks] next year.
— called also (Brit) pay packet
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an envelope containing your wages; the amount a person earns
Useful english dictionary. 2012.