pay packet

noun

British
: the money that a person regularly earns : a wage or salary
her weekly/monthly pay packet

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The decision to boost executive compensation won't impact CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal pay packet, according to the filing. — Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 22 Feb. 2025 Edwards earned his biggest pay packet for five years last year. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024 Last week’s annual report showed Edwards earned his biggest pay packet for five years, for a year in which he was arrested midway through and barely worked for the BBC following allegations that emerged in The Sun. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 July 2024 Huw Edwards took home his biggest pay packet since 2019 during his final year at the BBC, despite the newsreader being off-air for eight months amid a misconduct scandal. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 23 July 2024 Speculation over O’Leary’s pay packet is perhaps so hot because his competitors’ bosses are much less likely to enjoy similar rewards soon. — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 28 June 2024

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“Pay packet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20packet. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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