as in salaries
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 paychecks
When this is - on occasion - noticed by consumers via the burden hitting their paychecks from the cost of premiums, this creates the pressure to address high health care costs.
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
As tech firms race to develop AI, this has resulted in a fierce competition to attract top talent, occasionally with multimillion-dollar paychecks.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 8 Sep. 2025
By Forbes’ count, at least 14 billionaires earned early paychecks at such chains – often spending long hours frying foods, scrubbing bathrooms and emptying trash for minimum wages.
—Martina Castellanos, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Smaller paychecks, bigger vulnerability The impact falls disproportionately on lower-income families.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
In later years, some may see the benefit directly in their paychecks through lower tax withholding, added the center.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Almost immediately, many agencies halted automatic deductions of union dues from employee paychecks, cutting off a critical source of cash flow to the unions.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
The order not only stripped workers of union protections but also stopped them from automatically deducting union dues from their paychecks.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Jobs aren't just about paychecks.
—Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
As tech firms race to develop AI, this has resulted in a fierce competition to attract top talent, occasionally with multimillion-dollar paychecks.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 8 Sep. 2025
By Forbes’ count, at least 14 billionaires earned early paychecks at such chains – often spending long hours frying foods, scrubbing bathrooms and emptying trash for minimum wages.
—Martina Castellanos, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Smaller paychecks, bigger vulnerability The impact falls disproportionately on lower-income families.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
In later years, some may see the benefit directly in their paychecks through lower tax withholding, added the center.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Almost immediately, many agencies halted automatic deductions of union dues from employee paychecks, cutting off a critical source of cash flow to the unions.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
The order not only stripped workers of union protections but also stopped them from automatically deducting union dues from their paychecks.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Jobs aren't just about paychecks.
—Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paychecks
Noun
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Higher salaries, premium training facilities, family accommodations like on-site child care, and more equitable profit-sharing deals could become the norm.—
Timeka Tounsel,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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While salaries are soaring in both, the off-field opportunities remain more plentiful for basketball’s biggest stars.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Boomers bought homes when prices were low and wages were steady.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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That tends to lead to lower wages, more concentration of wealth and power.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Federal prosecutors charged a UK teenager with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and other crimes in connection with the network intrusions of 47 US companies that generated more than $115 million in ransomware payments over a three-year span.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
19 Sep. 2025
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Waller emphasized that private-sector innovation paired with public infrastructure has always driven payments progress.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Paychecks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paychecks. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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