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

But that alone will not remedy their financial situation of living paycheck to paycheck and not having enough saved for emergencies. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2026

Borrowers should not assume that collection agencies working with the federal government means their next paycheck or tax refund will automatically be seized. — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2026

Of course, affordability is ugliest in coastal California, despite bosses handing out some lofty paychecks. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 12 Nov. 2026

The lucrative opportunity that Driver’s Gary is dangling in front of his brother is dazzling — and clearly suspect from the late-night canal visits to the sizable paycheck for doing comparatively nothing. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 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