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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In one June 2019 Brooklyn case, prosecutors accused a couple of submitting fake pay stubs, tax returns, and bank statements to secure multiple loans.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
The show includes IDs, pay stubs, birth certificates, letters and photographs that have been handed down through generations.
—Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Instead of focusing on serious violations that harmed employees, PAGA was increasingly used as a cause of action to sue over minor, technical mistakes, like a typo on a pay stub.
—Roger Niello, Oc Register, 7 Oct. 2025
Getting help also may take time and require the submission of tax returns, pay stubs or some validation that the patient no longer has coverage.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
The show includes IDs, pay stubs, birth certificates, letters and photographs that have been handed down through generations.
—Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Instead of focusing on serious violations that harmed employees, PAGA was increasingly used as a cause of action to sue over minor, technical mistakes, like a typo on a pay stub.
—Roger Niello, Oc Register, 7 Oct. 2025
Getting help also may take time and require the submission of tax returns, pay stubs or some validation that the patient no longer has coverage.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Pay stub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20stub. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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