pay stub
noun
variants
or less commonly paystub
plural pay stubs also paystubs
US
: a piece of paper or a digital record that is given to an employee with each paycheck and that shows the amount of money that the employee earned and the amount that was removed for taxes, insurance costs, etc.
When a student gets their first job, one thing they need to learn early on is how to read and understand their pay stub …—
The Newberry (South Carolina) Observer
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Proof of a Social Security number: A Social Security card, Form W-2, pay stub or paycheck from your job that confirms this information.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Recall wouldn't take snapshots of a webpage with a visible credit card field, or my online banking site, or an image of my driver's license, or a recent pay stub, or of the Bitwarden password manager while viewing credentials.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025
Acceptable documents include your Social Security card, a W-2 form showing your earnings, or a recent pay stub.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
The applicant can provide a pay stub, or a letter of employment.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Recall wouldn't take snapshots of a webpage with a visible credit card field, or my online banking site, or an image of my driver's license, or a recent pay stub, or of the Bitwarden password manager while viewing credentials.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025
Acceptable documents include your Social Security card, a W-2 form showing your earnings, or a recent pay stub.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
The applicant can provide a pay stub, or a letter of employment.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pay stub
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“Pay stub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20stub. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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