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
The author got a $10.5 million paycheck for it in 2023.
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
During his commentary on the ball, Lemon highlighted tweets and social media posts wondering what changed for Snoop Dogg besides a paycheck.
—Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Hanah Glimpse, who worked as an assistant stage manager at Jingle, was among those to receive about a quarter of her outstanding $800 paycheck.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2025
Consumers shouldn’t have to accept their paychecks, holiday cards and medications being stolen by crooked clerks and carriers.
—David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
During his commentary on the ball, Lemon highlighted tweets and social media posts wondering what changed for Snoop Dogg besides a paycheck.
—Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Hanah Glimpse, who worked as an assistant stage manager at Jingle, was among those to receive about a quarter of her outstanding $800 paycheck.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2025
Consumers shouldn’t have to accept their paychecks, holiday cards and medications being stolen by crooked clerks and carriers.
—David Williams, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for paycheck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paycheck
Noun
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International competition must force the league to be better, teams to invest more and salary caps and transfer fee limits to be raised.—
Emily Olsen,
The Athletic,
28 Jan. 2025
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If Rodgers retires or is released, the Jets must eat a $49 million salary cap charge.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Chappell Roan While accepting the award for Best New Artist, Roan called for music labels to give new artists a liveable wage and healthcare.—
Mike Vulpo,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2025
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Roan implored the major label establishment to offer a livable wage and healthcare, especially to developing artists.—
Evan Nicole Brown,
TIME,
3 Feb. 2025
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According to the Associated Press, DOGE was granted access to Treasury Department records, including Social Security and Medicare payment systems.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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More politics news: Attorneys for the Justice Department have agreed to restrict DOGE access to information in the Treasury Department’s payment system.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Paycheck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paycheck. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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