paycheck

noun

pay·​check ˈpā-ˌchek 

1

: a check in payment of wages or salary

2

: wages, salary

Synonyms of paycheck

• salary
• wage
• payment

Examples of paycheck in a Sentence

I went to the office to pick up my paycheck.

Your weekly paycheck will be almost $600 after taxes.

Recent Examples on the Web

With fatter paychecks, customers are rebelling against the chains that serve up shrinkflation and replace workers with broken self-checkout machines and touchscreen kiosks. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

The bungalow cost $100 a month, which was deducted from her MGM paycheck. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026

Perhaps another testament to changing times is that Woods earned his last official paycheck in the 2024 Masters ($44,000), moving his total to $120,999,166. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Older millennials are far more likely to have taken on extra income out of pure survival instinct—42% of elder millennials say a single paycheck simply wasn’t enough, compared to 31% of younger ones. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing paycheck

• live paycheck to paycheck
• steady paycheck

Rhymes for paycheck

• aztec
• breakneck
• codec
• exec
• mixtec
• pinchbeck
• recheck
• redneck
• toltec
• beck
• breck
• check

Kids Definition

paycheck

noun

pay·​check ˈpā-ˌchek 

: a check in payment of wages or salary