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

Around $12 million is going toward maintaining past raises, accounting for some salary growth for eligible educators, but this doesn’t materialize into teachers seeing a bump in paychecks. — Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Taking time away from school, family and careers for a season paycheck of about $6,000 is a big ask. — Emily Ohman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

One of the most measurable changes so far however has been to tech chiefs’ own paychecks. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Players get paid, openly, going to teams that can offer them the biggest paycheck. — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 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