paycheck

pay·check

noun \ˈpā-ˌchek\

Definition of PAYCHECK

1

: a check in payment of wages or salary

2

: wages, salary

Examples of PAYCHECK

1. I went to the office to pick up my paycheck.
2. Your weekly paycheck will be almost $600 after taxes.

First Known Use of PAYCHECK

1899

Related to PAYCHECK

Synonyms: emolument, hire, packet [British], pay, wage, pay envelope, payment, salary, stipend

Related Words: living wage, minimum wage, nominal wages, take-home pay; double time, overtime, time and a half; compensation, recompense, remittance, remuneration, requital, return; recoupment, redress, reparation, restitution; reimbursement, repayment; earnings, profit, takings, yield

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Rhymes with PAYCHECK

Atrek, Aztec, Baalbek, bed check, bedeck, Birkbeck, Bishkek, blank check, boatneck, breakneck, bull neck, cowl-neck, crew neck, cromlech, crookneck, cross-check, ewe-neck, exec, fact-check, flight deck, flyspeck, forecheck, foredeck, gooseneck, gut check, haček, hatcheck, henpeck, high tech, hook check, in check, Kazbek, kopeck, limbeck, longneck, low-tech, Mixtec, on deck, OPEC, parsec, pinchbeck, poop deck, rain check, rebec, ringneck, roll-neck, roughneck, samekh, shipwreck, spell-check, spot-check, Steinbeck, sundeck, tape deck, tenrec, Toltec, Uzbek, V-neck, vo-tech, Waldeck, Warbeck, well deck, wryneck, xebec