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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Amitabh now earns $200 per hour for his work training AI models for micro1, based on a pay stub viewed by CNBC Make It, and a company spokesman confirmed that Amitabh has earned nearly $300,000, including project completion bonuses, for his work dating back to January.
—Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025
Your income gets verified through pay stubs and tax returns.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025
The random items include household receipts, grocery lists, pay stubs for Epstein, bras, picture frames, books, CDs, floppy disks and a massage table.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Many of these trunks – Omandam’s included – contained handwritten correspondence written in beautiful cursive, photographs, postcards, work tools, garments and pay stubs.
—Sam Vong, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025
Your income gets verified through pay stubs and tax returns.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025
The random items include household receipts, grocery lists, pay stubs for Epstein, bras, picture frames, books, CDs, floppy disks and a massage table.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Many of these trunks – Omandam’s included – contained handwritten correspondence written in beautiful cursive, photographs, postcards, work tools, garments and pay stubs.
—Sam Vong, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 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 21 Dec. 2025.
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